Animals are an amanah: why the ban is mercy
Islamic Religious Education · Grade 8 · about 40 minutes
Explain animal welfare as part of the rationale: 6:38, kindness in the sunnah, no cruelty; bestiality is forbidden because it harms a trust.
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