Ablution With Water Left Over By A Cat And The Concession
Darussalam · Volume 1
(1) The Chapters OfPurification And ItsSunnahSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 367 ¦ الجزء: 1 ¦ الصفحة: 131
Source no. 367 · Volume 1 · Page 439
Sahih
صحيح، الإرواء (١٧٣) ، المشكاة (٤٨٢) ، صحيح أبي داود (٦٨)
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367. It was narrated from Kabshah bint Ka'b, who was married to one of the sons of Abu Qatādah, that she poured water for Abu Qatādah to perform ablution. A cat came and drank the water, and he tilted the vessel for it. She started looking at it (in surprise) and he said: "O daughter of my brother, do you find it strange? The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'They (cats) are not impure, they are of those who go around among you.'" (Sahih)
367 - حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ قَالَ: أَنْبَأَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ، عَنْ حُمَيْدَةَ بِنْتِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ كَبْشَةَ بِنْتِ كَعْبٍ، وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ بَعْضِ وَلَدِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ، أَنَّهَا صَبَّتْ لِأَبِي قَتَادَةَ مَاءً، يَتَوَضَّأُ بِهِ، فَجَاءَتْ هِرَّةٌ تَشْرَبُ، فَأَصْغَى لَهَا الْإِنَاءَ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ، فَقَالَ: يَا ابْنَةَ أَخِي أَتَعْجَبِينَ؟ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ، هِيَ مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ، أَوِ الطَّوَّافَاتِ»
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What is left by the cat after drinking, is not impure. Islam is a religion of facility and ease. Since we cannot take as much precaution from the cats as we can from the dogs, rules of purity from them are more lenient than from dogs