صحيح مسلم
Muslim
كتاب السلامThe Book of Greetings
باب تَحْرِيمِ قَتْلِ الْهِرَّةِ:Chapter: The Prohibition Of Killing Cats
حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَسْمَاءَ الضُّبَعِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا جُوَيْرِيَةُ بْنُ أَسْمَاءَ ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ ، سَجَنَتْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ فَدَخَلَتْ فِيهَا النَّارَ ، لَا هِيَ أَطْعَمَتْهَا وَسَقَتْهَا إِذْ حَبَسَتْهَا ، وَلَا هِيَ تَرَكَتْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ " .
Nafi' reported from 'Abdullah that Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said: A woman was punished because she had kept a cat tied until it died, and (as a punishment of this offence) she was thrown into the Hell. She had not provided it with food, or drink, and had not freed her so that she could eat the insects of the earth.
Related hadith on this topic
Explanation & Benefits
Maulana Dawood Raz
Hadith Commentary:
It is understood from this that deliberately causing any harm to the creation is severely reprehensible and a grave sin in the sight of Allah.
It is understood from this that deliberately causing any harm to the creation is severely reprehensible and a grave sin in the sight of Allah.
Source: Sahih Bukhari: Commentary by Maulana Dawood Raz, Page: 3318
Shaykh Abdul Sattar al-Hammad
Hadith Commentary:
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In a narration from Asma bint Abi Bakr radi Allahu anha, it is mentioned that when the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam performed the prayer during a solar eclipse, the Hellfire was shown to him during it.
In it, he saw a woman whom a cat was scratching.
Upon his inquiry, the angels informed him that she had imprisoned a cat without any reason until it died of hunger.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Musāqāh, Hadith: 2364)
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From this hadith, it is understood that causing harm to a cat is a major sin.
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Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah has narrated this hadith in the context of animals because it mentions a cat.
And Allah knows best.
The narration of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu has been transmitted by Imam Muslim rahimahullah with a connected chain.
(Sahih Muslim, al-Birr wa al-Silah wa al-Adab, Hadith: 6678(2242))
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In a narration from Asma bint Abi Bakr radi Allahu anha, it is mentioned that when the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam performed the prayer during a solar eclipse, the Hellfire was shown to him during it.
In it, he saw a woman whom a cat was scratching.
Upon his inquiry, the angels informed him that she had imprisoned a cat without any reason until it died of hunger.
(Sahih al-Bukhari, al-Musāqāh, Hadith: 2364)
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From this hadith, it is understood that causing harm to a cat is a major sin.
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Imam al-Bukhari rahimahullah has narrated this hadith in the context of animals because it mentions a cat.
And Allah knows best.
The narration of Abu Hurairah radi Allahu anhu has been transmitted by Imam Muslim rahimahullah with a connected chain.
(Sahih Muslim, al-Birr wa al-Silah wa al-Adab, Hadith: 6678(2242))
Source: Hidayat al-Qari: Commentary on Sahih Bukhari, Urdu, Page: 3318
