وَحَدَّثَنِي ، عَنْ مَالِك ، عَنْ
إِسْحَاق بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ ، عَنْ
حُمَيْدَةَ بِنْتِ أَبِي عُبَيْدَةَ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ فَرْوَةَ ، عَنْ خَالَتِهَا
كَبْشَةَ بِنْتِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ ، وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ ابْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ ، أَنَّهَا أَخْبَرَتْهَا ، أَنَّ
أَبَا قَتَادَةَ دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا فَسَكَبَتْ لَهُ وَضُوءًا ، فَجَاءَتْ هِرَّةٌ لِتَشْرَبَ مِنْهُ ، فَأَصْغَى لَهَا الْإِنَاءَ حَتَّى شَرِبَتْ ، قَالَتْ كَبْشَةُ : فَرَآنِي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ ، فَقَالَ : أَتَعْجَبِينَ يَا ابْنَةَ أَخِي ؟ قَالَتْ : فَقُلْتُ : نَعَمْ ، فَقَالَ : إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ :
" إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ ، إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَوِ الطَّوَّافَاتِ " . ¤ قَالَ يَحْيَى : قَالَ مَالِك : لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يُرَى عَلَى فَمِهَا نَجَاسَةٌ
It is narrated from Kabsha bint Ka'b that Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) came to her, so Kabsha placed a vessel of water for his ablution. Then a cat came to drink from it, so Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) tilted the vessel for the cat until it drank the water. Kabsha said: Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) saw that I was looking at him with astonishment, so Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked: Are you surprised, O my niece? I said: Yes. So Sayyiduna Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The cat is not impure; it is among those who go around among you frequently, by night and by day."
Imam Malik (may Allah have mercy on him) said: There is no harm in the leftover water of a cat, except if impurity is seen on its mouth.
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