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Jami at-Tirmidhi 92 — Cat Is Not Impure
What Has Been Related About The Leftover Water A Cat Has Drunk From
Cat Is Not Impure: A Gentle Hadith on Daily Purity
Jami at-Tirmidhi : 92
Jami at-TirmidhiHadith Number 92
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مُوسَى الأَنْصَارِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَعْنٌ، حَدَّثَنَا مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ حُمَيْدَةَ بِنْتِ عُبَيْدِ بْنِ رِفَاعَةَ، عَنْ كَبْشَةَ بِنْتِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، وَكَانَتْ، عِنْدَ ابْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَةَ، دَخَلَ عَلَيْهَا . قَالَتْ فَسَكَبْتُ لَهُ وَضُوءًا قَالَتْ فَجَاءَتْ هِرَّةٌ تَشْرَبُ فَأَصْغَى لَهَا الإِنَاءَ حَتَّى شَرِبَتْ قَالَتْ كَبْشَةُ فَرَآنِي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَتَعْجَبِينَ يَا بِنْتَ أَخِي فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ . قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ " إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ عَلَيْكُمْ أَوِ الطَّوَّافَاتِ " . وَهُوَ قَوْلُ أَكْثَرِ الْعُلَمَاءِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَالتَّابِعِينَ وَمَنْ بَعْدَهُمْ مِثْلِ الشَّافِعِيِّ وَأَحْمَدَ وَإِسْحَاقَ لَمْ يَرَوْا بِسُؤْرِ الْهِرَّةِ بَأْسًا . وَهَذَا أَحَسَنُ شَيْءٍ رُوِيَ فِي هَذَا الْبَابِ . وَقَدْ جَوَّدَ مَالِكٌ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي طَلْحَةَ وَلَمْ يَأْتِ بِهِ أَحَدٌ أَتَمَّ مِنْ مَالِكٍ .
Humaidah bint Ubaid bin Rifa'ah Narrated from:
Kabshah Bint Ka'B Bin Malik - She Was (Married) With Ibn Abi Qatadah - Narrated "That Abu Qatadah Visited Her, [So She Said:] 'So I Poured Water For Him To Use For Wudu.' She Said: 'A Cat Came To Drink, So He Lowered He Container Until It Drank.' Kabshah Said: 'So He Saw Me Looking At It And Said, "O My Niece! Are You Surprised At That?" So I Said Yes. He Said: "Indeed Allah'S Messenger Said 'It Is Not Impure, It Is Only One Of Those Roam Around Among You.'"
Reference : Jami` at-Tirmidhi 92In-book reference : Book 1, Hadith 92English translation : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 92
Summary of Jami at-Tirmidhi Hadith 92
This Hadith is about the cat not being impure. Kabshah bint Ka'b narrates that Abu Qatadah visited her and she poured water for his wudu. A cat came to drink, so he lowered the container until it drank. When she looked surprised, he told her that Allah's Messenger said the cat is not impure, because it is one of those that roam around among people. This narration is very practical. It shows how a companion applied what he heard from the Prophet in an everyday home setting. People search this as cat is not impure Hadith, cat drinking wudu water, and Abu Qatadah cat Hadith. The text does not say every animal is the same; it speaks specifically about the cat.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Prophet described the cat as not impure in this report.
- Cats are mentioned as animals that move around among people.
- Abu Qatadah applied this teaching in a real wudu situation.
- The ruling in the text is specific to the cat.
