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Bayhaqi 1166 — The leftover of a cat

وَمِنْهَا مَا أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى الْخَطِيبُ أنا أَبُو بَحْرٍ مُحَمَّدُ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ كَوْثَرٍ، ثنا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى، ثنا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ، ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي دَاوُدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ التَّمَّارُ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، أَنَّ مَوْلَاةً لَهَا أَهْدَتْ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ صَحْفَةَ هَرِيسَةٍ فَجَاءَتْ بِهَا وَعَائِشَةُ قَائِمَةٌ تُصَلِّي فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيْهَا عَائِشَةُ أَنْ ضَعِيهَا فَوَضَعَتْهَا وَعِنْدَ عَائِشَةَ نِسْوَةٌ فَجَاءَتِ الْهِرَّةُ فَأَكَلَتْ مِنْهَا أَكْلَةً - أَوْ قَالَ لُقْمَةً - فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَتْ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ لِلنِّسْوَةِ: كُلْنَ فَجَعَلْنَ يَتَّقِينَ مَوْضِعَ فَمِ الْهِرَّةِ فَأَخَذَتْهَا عَائِشَةُ فَأَدَارَتْهَا، ثُمَّ أَكَلَتْهَا وَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: " إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ إِنَّهَا مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ وَالطَّوَّافَاتِ عَلَيْكُمْ " وَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَتَوَضَّأُ بِفَضْلِهَا وَرُوِيَ مِنْ أَوْجُهٍ أُخَرَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ فِي مَعْنَاهُ وَفِي مَا ذَكَرْنَاهُ كِفَايَةٌ.
Dawud bin Salih al-Tammar narrates from his mother that her freed slave-woman sent a bowl of harisah as a gift to Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). She brought it while Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) was standing in prayer. Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) gestured to her to put it down, so she put it down. There were women with Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her). A cat came and ate from it once, or ate one morsel. When she finished (the prayer), Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) said to the women: Eat; and they began avoiding the place where the cat's mouth had been. Then Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) took it, turned it around and ate it, and she said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It is not impure; it only goes round among you." And I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him); he (peace and blessings be upon him) would perform ablution with the water it had left.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الطهارة / 1166
Hadith Grading محدثین: حسن لغيرهٖ
Hadith Takhrij «حسن لغيرهٖ۔ أخرجه ابو داؤد 76»