Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: A woman was tormented because of a cat which she had tied and thus allowed it neither to eat or drink nor set it free so that it might eat the insects of the earth.
Hadith ReferenceSahih Muslim / The Book of Virtue, Enjoining Good Manners, and Joining of the Ties of Kinship / Hadith: 2242