Hadith 2364

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي مَرْيَمَ ، حَدَّثَنَا نَافِعُ بْنُ عُمَرَ ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مُلَيْكَةَ ، عَنْ أَسْمَاءَ بِنْتِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا ، " أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ صَلَّى صَلَاةَ الْكُسُوفِ ، فَقَالَ : دَنَتْ مِنِّي النَّارُ حَتَّى قُلْتُ : أَيْ رَبِّ وَأَنَا مَعَهُمْ ، فَإِذَا امْرَأَةٌ حَسِبْتُ أَنَّهُ قَالَ : تَخْدِشُهَا هِرَّةٌ ، قَالَ : مَا شَأْنُ هَذِهِ ؟ قَالُوا : حَبَسَتْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ جُوعًا " .
Narrated Asma' bint Abi Bakr: The Prophet prayed the eclipse prayer, and then said, "Hell was displayed so close that I said, 'O my Lord ! Am I going to be one of its inhabitants?"' Suddenly he saw a woman. I think he said, who was being scratched by a cat. He said, "What is wrong with her?" He was told, "She had imprisoned it (i.e. the cat) till it died of hunger."
Hadith Reference Sahih Bukhari / The Book of Watering / Hadith: 2364
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