Dogs and Islam and PrayerBy Mufti Ebrahim DesaiPosted: 13 Jamad-u-Thani 1423, 22 August 2002snip-----Sayyidna Abu Talha (Radhiyallaahu ???nhu) reports that Rasulullah (Sallallaaahu ???layhi Wasallam) said, Angels do not enter a house wherein there is a dog or an animate picture. (Sahih Bukhari Hadith no. 2986)The saliva of a dog is Najis (impure).