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Majma al-Zawaid — Hadith 17467

وَعَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ قَالَ : كُنَّا عِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ فَدَخَلَ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَقَالَتْ : أَنْتَ الَّذِي تُحَدِّثُ أَنَّ امْرَأَةً عُذِّبَتْ فِي هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهَا ، فَلَمْ تُطْعِمْهَا ، وَلَمْ تَسْقِهَا ، فَقَالَ : سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْهُ - يَعْنِي النَّبِيَّ - صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ - 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 وَسَلَّمَ - فَانْظُرْ كَيْفَ تُحَدِّثُ . رَوَاهُ أَحْمَدُ ، وَرِجَالُهُ رِجَالُ الصَّحِيحِ .
Alqamah narrates: We were with Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) when Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) also came. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Are you the one who narrates the hadith that a woman was punished because of a cat, that she had tied the cat up and did not give it anything to eat or drink? Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) replied: I heard it from him (that is, from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)). Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said: Do you know what that woman was? Along with what she did, that woman was also a disbeliever, and a believer is more honoured in the sight of Allah Almighty than that Allah Almighty would punish him because of a cat. When you narrate a hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then examine what you are narrating.
Ahmad recorded it, and its narrators are the narrators of the Sahih.
Hadith Reference مجمع الزوائد ومنبع الفوائد / كتاب التوبة / 17467
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