Hadith 12547

Chapter 40

باب 40

(40) باب تَحْرِيمِ قَتْلِ الْهِرَّةِ

(40) Chapter: The Prohibition Of Killing Cats (ID)
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وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدَةُ، عَنْ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ لَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَسْقِهَا وَلَمْ تَتْرُكْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الأَرْضِ " .

Abu Huraira reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
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 insects of the earth. (ID)

Reference (ID): Sahih Muslim 2243 a (ID)

In-book reference (ID): Book 39, Hadith 206 (ID)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 26, Hadith 5573 (ID)