Answered by Ustadha Hedaya Hartford, SunniPath Academy Teacher
My Dad’s cat has just given birth to five kittens, four of which are girls. My Dad wants to take the cats to the vets and get them an operation so they cannot have anymore kittens. Is this permissible?
In the name of Allah Most Merciful Most Compassionate
I pray you are well and in the best of health and iman.
In the Fatawa Hindiya it states: It is permissible to castrate animals if some benefit is derived
thereof, for example the animal becomes more healthy or its meat tastes
better, etc. or it can save from some harm. In the case in question if
there is nowhere to send the kittens and they are becoming a nuisance
around the hose or locality then it would be permissible to spay it.
And Allah Most High knows best.