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EDITOR’S NOTE

THE FIRST EDITION of this book sent ripples throughout the Islamic world. It also brought a huge postbag - mainly of an enthusiastic nature - to Basheer Masri’s doorstep. He began a correspondence with many Muslims - and others - from all parts of the world.

Since his death in 1992, requests for his book have continued to come in. It is in response to those requests, and in the hope that this important work may reach an even wider audience, that this revised edition has been produced.

This scholarly book shows that concern for animals has been an integral part of Islamic teaching from the beginning. Sometimes this world-view, which sees animals as social and sentient beings who are capable of suffering, has been ignored in daily living. We hope that this book may re-ignite the flame of compassion for all beings which runs so strongly through the Holy Qur’ān and Aḥādīth.