Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #26250

Ishaq bin Musa Al-Ansari told us, Ma’an told us, Malik bin Anas told us, on the authority of Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Abi Talha, on the authority of Hamida bint Ubaid bin Rifa’ah, on the authority of Kabsha bint Ka’b bin Malik, who was with Ibn Abi Qatada that Abu Qatada entered On her... She said, “So I poured water for him to perform ablution.” She said, “A cat came to drink, and the vessel listened to her until she drank.” She said, “A ram, and he saw me looking at him.” He said, “Do you wonder, my niece?” So I said, “Yes.” He said that the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, said, “It is not impure, but rather it is from tawaaf.” On you or the tawaafat.” And this is the saying of most of the scholars among the Companions of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and the Followers, and those after them, such as Al-Shafi’i. Ahmad and Ishaq did not see anything wrong with the slaughter of a cat. This is the best thing that has been narrated in this chapter. Malik praised this. The hadith was narrated on the authority of Ishaq bin Abdullah bin Abi Talha, and no one brought it more complete than Malik.