Keeping, grazing and selling pigs is all wrong

Question

Question: (1) A certain Muslim published in some newspaper or some history book that the Prophet ﷺ used to keep and graze goats, camels and pigs (Allah forbid!). Is there any proof of this anywhere in books of history, books of fiqh and the like? If there is not, kindly send a complete refutation of it, with the texts and references to the books. (2) Is it permissible for a Muslim to keep this animal that is impure in its essence (najis al-ʿayn), the pig, or to buy and sell it, or to graze this pig for hire?

Answer

(1) His grazing of goats is established by the noble hadith; it is in Sahih al-Bukhari. As for the grazing of pigs, ask the very person who wrote it: let him give the reference, and then it will be refuted. For refuting a claim made without a reference it is enough to say that it is false and without proof: neither his keeping pigs nor his grazing them is established — rather,…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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