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ahmad:9482Abū Muʿāwiyah > Hishām b. ʿUrwah from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A woman was punished for imprisoning a cat and not feeding it or letting it eat from the insects of the earth."  

أحمد:٩٤٨٢حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ عُرْوَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عُذِّبَتْ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تُرْسِلْهَا فَتَأْكُلَ مِنْ حَشَرَاتِ الْأَرْضِ  


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muslim:2242fʿAbd al-Aʿlá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

A woman was tormented because of a cat which she had tied and thus allowed it neither to eat or drink nor set it free so that it might eat the vermin of the earth.  

مسلم:٢٢٤٢fوَحَدَّثَنِيهِ نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الأَعْلَى عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ أَوْثَقَتْهَا فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَسْقِهَا وَلَمْ تَدَعْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الأَرْضِ  

muslim:2243aAbū Kurayb > ʿAbdah > Hishām from his father > Abū Hurayrah

A woman was punished because of a cat. She had neither provided her with food nor drink, nor set her free so that she might eat the vermin of the earth.  

مسلم:٢٢٤٣aوَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ عَنْ هِشَامٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ لَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَسْقِهَا وَلَمْ تَتْرُكْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الأَرْضِ  

ahmad:14602Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū al-Zubayr > Jābir

[Machine] "It has been reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'A woman was punished in Hell because she tied up a cat and did not feed it or let it go to eat from the insects of the earth. Consequently, she was destined for the punishment of Hellfire.'"  

أحمد:١٤٦٠٢حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الزُّبَيْرِ عَنْ جَابِرٍ

أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ عُذِّبَتْ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرٍّ أَوْ هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهُ حَتَّى مَاتَ وَلَمْ تُرْسِلْهُ فَيَأْكُلَ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ فَوَجَبَتْ لَهَا النَّارُ بِذَلِكَ  

ahmad:10034ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ḥammād > Muḥammad > Abū Hurayrah > Abū al-Qāsim ﷺ

[Machine] I heard Abu Al-Qasim ﷺ saying: "A woman entered the hellfire because of a cat that she tied up, did not feed, did not give water, and did not let it go to eat from the insects of the earth."  

أحمد:١٠٠٣٤حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادٌ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ

سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يَقُولُ دَخَلَتْ امْرَأَةٌ النَّارَ فِي هِرٍّ أَوْ هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَسْقِهَا وَلَمْ تُرْسِلْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ  

ahmad:7547Yazīd > Muḥammad And Ibn Numayr > Muḥammad > Abū Salamah > Abū Hurayrah

A woman was tormented because of a cat which she had tied and thus allowed it neither to eat or drink nor set it free so that it might eat the vermin of the earth. (Using translation from Muslim 2242f)   

أحمد:٧٥٤٧حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ وَابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّارَ فِي هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَسْقِهَا وَلَمْ تُرْسِلْهَا فَتَأْكُلَمِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ  

ahmad:7847Ḥammād b. Usāmah > Hishām from his father > Abū Hurayrah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Indeed, a woman was punished for her cruelty towards a cat. She held it captive until it died of hunger, neither feeding it nor allowing it to eat from the insects of the earth. And Allah forgave a man who removed a thorny branch from the path."  

أحمد:٧٨٤٧حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ امْرَأَةً عُذِّبَتْ فِي هِرَّةٍ أَمْسَكَتْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ مِنَ الْجُوعِ لَمْ تَكُنْ تُطْعِمُهَا وَلَمْ تُرْسِلْهَا فَتَأْكُلَ مِنْ حَشَرَاتِ الْأَرْضِ وَغُفِرَ لِرَجُلٍ نَحَّى غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ  

ahmad:10208And Qāl

[Machine] And the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "A woman was tied up a cat, neither feeding her nor letting her eat from the vermin of the earth, so she was thrown into the Fire."  

أحمد:١٠٢٠٨قَالَ

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ رَبَطَتْ امْرَأَةٌ هِرًّا أَوْ هِرَّةًفَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَتْرُكْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ فَأُدْخِلَتِ النَّارَ  

ذِكْرُ اسْتِحْبَابِ الْإِحْسَانِ إِلَى ذَوَاتِ الْأَرْبَعِ رَجَاءَ النَّجَاةِ فِي الْعُقْبَى بِهِ

ibnhibban:546ʿAlī b. Aḥmad al-Jurjānī Biḥalab > Naṣr b. ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī > ʿAbd al-Aʿlá > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿUmar > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "The Prophet ﷺ said: 'A woman was punished in Hell because she tied up a cat and did not feed it or allow it to eat from the earth's vegetation.'"  

ابن حبّان:٥٤٦أَخْبَرَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ الْجُرْجَانِيُّ بِحَلَبَ حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عُمَرَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَدَعْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ»  

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السيوطي:١٤٠٧٤a

"دَخَلَتِ امْرَأةٌ النَّارَ فِى هِرَّة رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَم تُطعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَدَعْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الأَرْضِ حَتَّى مَاتَت".  

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