حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، قَالَ: قَرَأْتُ عَلَى عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نَافِعٍ: وَحَدَّثَنِي مُطَرِّفُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدَةَ بِنْتِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ كَبْشَةَ بِنْتِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ ابْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ، رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَسَكَبَتْ لَهُ وُضُوءًا فَجَاءَتْ هِرَّةٌ تَشْرَبُ مِنْهُ فَأَصْغَى لَهَا الْإِنَاءَ حَتَّى شَرِبَتْ قَالَتْ كَبْشَةُ: فَرَآنِي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ: أَتَعْجَبِينَ يَا ابْنَةَ أَخِي؟ قَالَتْ: فَقُلْتُ: نَعَمْ فَقَالَ: إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجِسٍ إِنَّهَا مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَوْ الطَّوَّافَاتِ».
Sayyidah Kabshah bint Ka'b bin Malik (may Allah be pleased with her), the daughter of Ka'b bin Malik and the daughter-in-law of Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him), narrates: Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her, so she poured water for him for ablution. A cat came and began to drink. She tilted the vessel towards it until it drank to its fill. Kabshah (may Allah be pleased with her) says: He saw me watching him and said: O niece! Are you surprised? I said: Yes! He said: Indeed, the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: This (cat) is not impure, for it is among those (creatures) that move around among you (men and women).