[Machine] "And it was under the supervision of the son of Abu Qatadah that Abu Qatadah entered upon her, and she poured water for him to perform ablution. Then a cat came and drank from it, so Abu Qatadah extended the container for her until she finished drinking. She said, 'O nephew of my brother, do you find it strange that I look at it?' He said, 'Yes.' She said, 'I heard that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Verily, it is not impure; it is one of those who frequently move around you, the cats.'  

وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ ابْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَسَكَبَتْ لَهُ وَضُوءًا فَجَاءَتْ هِرَّةٌ تَشْرَبُ مِنْهُ فَأَصْغَى لَهَا أَبُو قَتَادَةَ الْإِنَاءَ حَتَّى شَرِبَتْ قَالَتْ كَبْشَةُ فَرَآنِي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَتَعْجَبِينَ يَا بِنْتَ أَخِي قَالَتْ فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ إِنَّهَا مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَالطَّوَّافَاتِ هَكَذَا  

[Machine] Abu Qatada came to us and sat close to us. A cat approached him and he poured some water for it. Then he drank from it and performed ablution with its virtue. I looked at him and he turned to me and said, "Do you seem surprised?" I said, "Yes". He said, "I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'There is no impurity or anything else, it is only from the cats and their urine. Upon you are Umm Yahya, she is Humeida and the daughter of Ka'b, she is Kabsha bint Ka'b, and likewise."  

دَخَلَ عَلَيْنَا أَبُو قَتَادَةَ فَقَرَّبْنَا إِلَيْهِ وَضُوءَهُ فَدَنَا الْهِرُّ فَأَصْغَى إِلَيْهِ الْإِنَاءَ فَشَرِبَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ بِفَضْلِهِ فَنَظَرْتُ إِلَيْهِ فَالْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ كَأَنَّكِ تَعْجَبِينَ؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ لَيْسَ بِنَجَسٍ أَوْ كَلِمَةٍ أُخْرَى إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ وَالطَّوَّافَاتِ عَلَيْكُمْ أُمُّ يَحْيَى هِيَ حُمَيْدَةُ وَابْنَةُ كَعْبٍ هِيَ كَبْشَةُ بِنْتُ كَعْبٍ وَكَذَلِكَ  

[Machine] Abu Qatada came to me and asked about ablution. A cat passed by and he signaled to it with the vessel to drink from it. I thought to myself that he disapproved of what he was doing. Then he said, "O daughter of my brother, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ told us that cats are not impure. They are only from among those who roam around. And in the narration of Al-Hawdiyy, her aunt told her that she was with Abdullah ibn Abu Qatada when Abu Qatada came to her and called for ablution. The cat passed by and he signaled to it with the vessel to drink from it. She looked at it as if she disapproved of what he was doing. The rest of the story is the same. It has also been narrated from Hammam ibn Yahya ibn Abi Kathir from Ibn Abu Qatada from his father."  

دَخَلَ عَلَيَّ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ فَسَأَلَ الْوَضُوءَ فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ الْهِرَّةُ فَأَصْغَى الْإِنَاءَ إِلَيْهَا فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ كَأَنِّي أُنْكِرُ مَا يَصْنَعُ فَقَالَتْ يَا ابْنَةَ أَخِي إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَنَا إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجِسَةٍ إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ وَالطَّوَّافَاتِ وَفِي حَدِيثِ الْحَوْضِيِّ أَنَّ خَالَتَهَا حَدَّثَتْهَا أَنَّهَا كَانَتْ تَحْتَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ فَدَخَلَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ عَلَيْهَا فَدَعَا بِوَضُوءٍ فَمَرَّتْ بِهِ الْهِرَّةُ فَأَصْغَى الْإِنَاءَ إِلَيْهَا فَجَعَلَتْ تَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهَا كَأَنَّهَا تُنْكِرُ مَا يَصْنَعُ ثُمَّ الْبَاقِي مِثْلَهُ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ عَنْ هَمَّامِ بْنِ يَحْيَى بْنِ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ  

[Machine] And he (the Prophet) said, "Indeed, it is not impure, even though it is touched by impurity."  

وَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لَيْسَتْ بِنَجِسَةٍ وَقَدْ  

[Machine] Abu Qatadah used to listen to the sound of the water for the cat. He would drink from it and then perform ablution with it. When asked about it, he said, "I only did what I saw the Messenger of Allah ﷺ doing."  

كَانَ أَبُو قَتَادَةَ يُصْغِي الْإِنَاءَ لِلْهِرِّ فَيَشْرَبُ ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِهِ فَقِيلَ لَهُ فِي ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ مَا صَنَعْتُ إِلَّا مَا رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَصْنَعُ  

[Machine] Indeed, I saw Abu Qatada bringing his purification water close to the cat, and then it drank from it, and he would perform ablution with the water remaining on its fur, and all of that is a witness to the reliability of the narration of Malik. And from its evidences is  

لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ يُقَرِّبُ طَهُورَهُ إِلَى الْهِرَّةِ فَتَشْرَبَ مِنْهُ ثُمَّ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِسُؤْرِهَا وَكُلُّ ذَلِكَ شَاهِدٌ لِصِحَّةِ رِوَايَةِ مَالِكٍ وَمِنْ شَوَاهِدِهِ مَا  

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said regarding the cat, 'Indeed it is not impure, it is from the creatures of the household.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ فِي الْهِرَّةِ إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ هِيَ كَبَعْضِ أَهْلِ الْبَيْتِ  

[Machine] That a woman gifted Aisha a parchment of camel meat. Aisha came while she was standing in prayer and she signaled to Aisha to put it down. So she put it down. Aisha had some women with her, and a cat came and ate from it, whether it was a big bite or a small one. When it left, Aisha said to the women, "Eat, for they began to guard the place where the cat's mouth had been. So Aisha took it, turned it around, and ate it. She said, 'Indeed, the Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , said, "It is not impure, as it is from the tawafin and tawafat, and I have seen the Messenger of Allah, may ﷺ , do ablution with it."' It is also narrated from other ways from Aisha in its meaning, and what we have mentioned is sufficient.  

أَنَّ مَوْلَاةً لَهَا أَهْدَتْ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ صَحْفَةَ هَرِيسَةٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِهَا وَعَائِشَةُ قَائِمَةٌ تُصَلِّي فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهَا عَائِشَةُ أَنْ ضَعِيهَا فَوَضَعَتْهَا وَعِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ نِسْوَةٌ فَجَاءَتِ الْهِرَّةُ فَأَكَلَتْ مِنْهَا أَكْلَةً أَوْ قَالَ لُقْمَةً فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَتْ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لِلنِّسْوَةِ كُلْنَ فَجَعَلْنَ يَتَّقِينَ مَوْضِعَ فَمِ الْهِرَّةِ فَأَخَذَتْهَا عَائِشَةُ فَأَدَارَتْهَا ثُمَّ أَكَلَتْهَا وَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ إِنَّهَا مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ وَالطَّوَّافَاتِ عَلَيْكُمْ وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِفَضْلِهَا وَرُوِيَ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ أُخَرَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ فِي مَعْنَاهُ وَفِي مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ كِفَايَةٌ  

[Machine] Regarding the wall of the cat, no harm was seen in it.  

عَنْ سُؤْرِ الْهِرَّةِ فَلَمْ يَرَ بِهِ بَأْسًا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said that the purification of a container that a dog has licked is to wash it seven times, the first time with soil and the remaining times with water.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ طَهُورُ الْإِنَاءِ إِذَا وَلَغَ الْكَلْبُ فِيهِ أَنْ يُغْسَلَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ الْأُولَى بِالتُّرَابِ وَالْهِرَّةُ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ قُرَّةُ يَشُكُّ وَبِمَعْنَاهُ  

[Machine] On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he said: "The purification of a vessel owned by one of you, if a dog licks it, is to wash it seven times, the first of which should be with dirt." Then, Abu Hurairah mentioned the cat, saying, "I do not know if he said it once or twice." Nasr ibn Ali said, "I found it in a different place in my father's book, on the authority of Qurrah, on the authority of Ibn Seereen, on the authority of Abu Hurairah, regarding the dog, in a musnad narration, and regarding the cat, in a mawqoof narration." The sheikh said, "Muslim ibn Ibrahim narrated it from Qurrah in a mawqoof narration regarding the cat."  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ طَهُورُ إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ إِذَا وَلَغَ فِيهِ الْكَلْبُ أَنْ يُغْسَلَ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أُولَاهُنَّ بِالتُّرَابِ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ الْهِرَّ لَا أَدْرِي قَالَهُ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ قَالَ نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ وَجَدْتُهُ فِي كِتَابِ أَبِي فِي مَوْضِعٍ آخَرَ عَنْ قُرَّةَ عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي الْكَلْبِ مُسْنَدًا وَفِي الْهِرِّ مَوْقُوفًا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ وَرَوَاهُ مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ قُرَّةَ مَوْقُوفًا فِي الْهِرَّةِ  

[Machine] About Abu Hurayrah concerning the cat, he licks the vessel, it is washed once or twice. And Ayyub As-Sakhtiyani narrated it from Muhammad, thus it is recorded.  

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي الْهِرِّ يَلِغُ فِي الْإِنَاءِ يُغْسَلُ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَرَوَاهُ أَيُّوبُ السِّخْتِيَانِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ كَذَلِكَ مَوْقُوفًا  

[Machine] From Ayoub, included in the elevated hadith.  

عَنْ أَيُّوبَ مُدْرَجًا فِي الْحَدِيثِ الْمَرْفُوعِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "If a dog licks the vessel of one of you, then let him wash it seven times, the first of them with soil." It was also narrated by Ja'far ibn Waqid, from Ibn 'Awn, from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayrah, as a raised and graded hadith. The narration of the majority is more authoritative. Hisham ibn Hassan also narrated from Muhammad, from Abu Hurayrah, concerning the washing of a dish that a lizard has touched, which should be rinsed once or twice.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِذَا وَلَغَ الْكَلْبُ فِي إِنَاءِ أَحَدِكُمْ فَلْيَغْسِلْهُ سَبْعَ مَرَّاتٍ أُولَاهُنَّ أَوْ أُخْرَاهُنَّ بِالتُّرَابِ وَالسِّنَّوْرُ مَرَّةً وَرَوَاهُ أَيْضًا جَعْفَرُ بْنُ وَاقِدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَوْنٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ مَرْفُوعًا مُدْرَجًا فِي الْحَدِيثِ وَرِوَايَةُ الْجَمَاعَةِ أَوْلَى وَرَوَاهُ هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ فِي سُؤْرِ الْهِرِّ يُهَرَاقُ وَيُغْسَلُ الْإِنَاءُ مَرَّةً أَوْ مَرَّتَيْنِ  

This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Abu Huraira with another chain of transmitters. (Using translation from Muslim 1716b)   

عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ  

[Machine] About the Prophet, ﷺ , there is no evidence against him in his case of the cat, if that is true. Otherwise, it is fabricated based on what was previously mentioned in the narration of Abu Qatada and Aisha from the Prophet, ﷺ .  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ مَا هُوَ حُجَّةٌ عَلَيْهِ فِي فُتْيَاهُ فِي الْهِرَّةِ إِنْ صَحَّ ذَلِكَ وَإِلَّا فَهُوَ مَحَجُوجٌ بِمَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ حَدِيثِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ وَعَائِشَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ used to visit the dwellings of the Ansar people and there was a neighboring house that he did not visit. This saddened them, so they said, "O Messenger of Allah, you visit the house of so-and-so but not our house." The Prophet ﷺ responded, "Indeed, you have a dog in your house." They replied, "But they also have a dog in their house." The Prophet ﷺ then said, "Their dog is a guardian, whereas yours is mere pet."  

كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَأْتِي دَارَ قَوْمٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَدُونَهُمْ دَارٌ يَعْنِي لَا يَأْتِيهَا فَشَقَّ ذَلِكَ عَلَيْهِمْ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ تَأْتِي دَارَ فُلَانٍ وَلَا تَأْتِي دَارَنَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ إِنَّ فِي دَارِكُمْ كَلْبًا قَالَ فَإِنَّ فِي دَارِهِمْ سِنَّوْرًا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ السِّنَّوْرُ سَبْعٌ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The cat is a part of the family's belongings."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ الْهِرُّ مِنْ مَتَاعِ الْبَيْتِ