حَدَّثَنَا
حَمَّادُ بْنُ أُسَامَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
هِشَامٌ ، عَنْ
أَبِيهِ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " إِنَّ
امْرَأَةً عُذِّبَتْ فِي هِرَّةٍ ، أَمْسَكَتْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ مِنَ الْجُوعِ ، لَمْ تَكُنْ تُطْعِمُهَا ، وَلَمْ تُرْسِلْهَا فَتَأْكُلَ مِنْ حَشَرَاتِ الْأَرْضِ ، وَغُفِرَ لِرَجُلٍ نَحَّى غُصْنَ شَوْكٍ عَنِ الطَّرِيقِ " .
It is narrated from Hazrat Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: A woman entered Hell because of a cat which she had tied up. She neither fed it nor gave it water herself, nor did she let it go free so that it could eat the insects of the earth on its own.