Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
Is it permissible to castrate a cat?
Answer:
Walaikum assalam,
In the Hanafi school, it would be permitted to do so if there is a clear benefit in doing so.
It is mentioned in the Fatawa al-Hindiyya, one of the most definitive works in Hanafi fiqh and used as an authority by Hanafi scholars everywhere,
“If there is a [clear] benefit or aversion of harm in castrating a cat, there is nothing wrong with it, as mentioned in al-Kubra.” [5.357]
This is confirmed by Imam Haskafi in Durr al-Mukhtar.
Walaikum assalam,
Faraz Rabbani.
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