(38) باب سُؤْرِ الْهِرَّةِ
Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:
Dawud ibn Salih ibn Dinar at-Tammar quoted his mother as saying that her mistress sent her with some pudding (harisah) to Aisha who was offering prayer. She made a sign to me to place it down. A cat came and ate some of it, but when Aisha finished her prayer, she ate from the place where the cat had eaten. She stated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is not unclean: it is one of those who go round among you. She added: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution from the water left over by the cat. (ID)
Reference (ID): Sunan Abi Dawud 76 (ID)
In-book reference (ID): Book 1, Hadith 76 (ID)
English translation (ID): Book 1, Hadith 76 (ID)