وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " دَخَلَتْ النَّارَ امْرَأَةٌ مِنْ جَرَّاءِ هِرَّةٍ لَهَا رَبَطَتْهَا ، فَلَا هِيَ أَطْعَمَتْهَا ، وَلَا هِيَ أَرْسَلَتْهَا ، تُرَمِّمُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الْأَرْضِ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ هَزْلًا " .
And 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, nor did she let it go so that it could eat the insects of the earth by itself.