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The Water Left By A Cat

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Darussalam · Volume 1

1. THE BOOK OF PURIFICATION

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الحديث: 75 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 19

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75. Ĥumaidah bint 'Ubaid bin Rifā'ah reported that Kabshah bint Ka'b bin Mālik — who was the wife of Ibn Abī Qatādah — once poured water for Ibn Abī Qatādah for his ablution. A cat came and drank from it, so Ibn Abī Qatādah tilted the container for it (so that it could drink with ease). Kabshah said: "He saw me looking at him (in amazement), so he said: 'Are you amazed, O niece?' I said: 'Yes.' He said: 'The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "They are not impure; they are constantly around you (domesticated), both the males and females." (Saḥīḥ)

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75 - حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ الْقَعْنَبِيُّ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدَةَ بِنْتِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ كَبْشَةَ بِنْتِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ - وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ ابْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ - أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ، دَخَلَ فَسَكَبَتْ لَهُ وَضُوءًا، فَجَاءَتْ هِرَّةٌ فَشَرِبَتْ مِنْهُ، فَأَصْغَى لَهَا الْإِنَاءَ حَتَّى شَرِبَتْ، قَالَتْ كَبْشَةُ: فَرَآنِي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: أَتَعْجَبِينَ يَا ابْنَةَ أَخِي؟ فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ، فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ، إِنَّهَا مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ عَلَيْكُمْ وَالطَّوَّافَاتِ»

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The father-in-law is a Maḥram. A woman needs not to observe Hijāb before him. He also has a right over her to be served.