حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ يَعْنِي الطَّيَالِسِيَّ ثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ الْخُزَاعِيُّ عَنْ سَيَّارٍ عَنِ الشَّعْبِيِّ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ فَدَخَلَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَتْ أَنْتَ الَّذِي تُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً عُذِّبَتْ فِي هِرَّةٍ إِنَّهَا رَبَطَتْهَا فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا وَلَمْ تَسْقِهَا فَقَالَ سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ (قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ كَذَا قَالَ أَبِي) فَقَالَتْ هَلْ تَدْرِي مَا كَانَتِ الْمَرْأَةُ إِنَّ الْمَرْأَةَ مَعَ مَا فَعَلَتْ كَانَتْ كَافِرَةً وَإِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ أَكْرَمُ عَلَى اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ أَنْ يُعَذِّبَهُ فِي هِرَّةٍ فَإِذَا حَدَّثْتَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَآلِهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ تُحَدِّثُ
Alqamah says: We were sitting with Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), when suddenly Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) also arrived there. Sayyidah said to him: Do you narrate that a woman was punished because of a cat, meaning she had tied it up and neither fed it nor gave it water? He said: Yes, I heard this from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Sayyidah said: Do you know who that woman was? Whatever that woman did, in any case, she was a disbeliever, and indeed, in the sight of Allah Almighty, the honor of a believer is greater than that He would punish him because of a cat. So when you narrate hadith from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him), then also consider carefully how you are narrating.