A similar tradition has been transmitted by Abu Hurairah through a different chain of narrators. But this version has been narrated as a statement of Abu Hurairah himself and not attributed to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم. The version has the addition of the words: If the cat licks (a utensil), it should be washed once.
Read More..Narrated Abu Hurairah: The Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: When a dog licks a (thing contained in a) utensil you must wash it seven times, using earth (sand) for the seventh time. Abu Dawud said: This tradition has been transmitted by another chain of narrators in which there is no mention of earth.
Read More..Narrated Ibn Mughaffal: The Messenger of Allaah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم ordered the killing of the dogs, and then said: Why are they (people) after them (dogs)? and then granted permission (to keep) for hunting and for (the security) of the herd, and said: When the dog licks the utensil wash it seven times, and rub it with earth the eighth time. Abu Dawud said: Ibn Mughaffal narrated in a similar way.
Read More..Narrated Abu Qatadah: Kabshah, daughter of Kab ibn Malik and wife of Ibn Abu Qatadah, reported: Abu Qatadah visited (me) and I poured out water for him for ablution. A cat came and drank some of it and he tilted the vessel for it until it drank some of it. Kabshah said: He saw me looking at him; he asked me: Are you surprised, my niece? I said: Yes. He then reported the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم as saying: It is not unclean; it is one of those (males or females) who go round among you.
Read More..Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: Dawud ibn Salih ibn Dinar at-Tammar quoted his mother as saying that her mistress sent her with some pudding (harisah) to Aishah who was offering prayer. She made a sign to me to place it down. A cat came and ate some of it, but when Aishah finished her prayer, she ate from the place where the cat had eaten. She stated: The Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم said: It is not unclean: it is one of those who go round among you. She added: I saw the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم performing ablution from the water left over by the cat.
Read More..Narrated Aishah: I and the Messenger of Allaah صلی اللہ علیہ وسلم took a bath from one vessel while we were sexually defiled.
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