حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ أَنْبَأَنَا مَالِکُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ أَخْبَرَنِي إِسْحَقُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ حُمَيْدَةَ بِنْتِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ عَنْ کَبْشَةَ بِنْتِ کَعْبٍ وَکَانَتْ تَحْتَ بَعْضِ وَلَدِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ أَنَّهَا صَبَّتْ لِأَبِي قَتَادَةَ مَائً يَتَوَضَّأُ بِهِ فَجَائَتْ هِرَّةٌ تَشْرَبُ فَأَصْغَی لَهَا الْإِنَائَ فَجَعَلْتُ أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَةَ أَخِي أَتَعْجَبِينَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ هِيَ مِنْ الطَّوَّافِينَ أَوْ الطَّوَّافَاتِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 367
. It was narrated from Kabshah bint Ka'b, who was married to one of the sons of Abu Qatadah, that she poured water for Abu Qatadah 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 Allah said: 'They (cats) are not impure; they are of those who go around among you."
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020