Sahih al-Bukhari 2365

Book 42: Distribution of Water · Hadith 13

Hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ، عَنْ نَافِعٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ حَبَسَتْهَا، حَتَّى مَاتَتْ جُوعًا، فَدَخَلَتْ فِيهَا النَّارَ ـ قَالَ فَقَالَ وَاللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ ـ لاَ أَنْتِ أَطْعَمْتِهَا وَلاَ سَقَيْتِهَا حِينَ حَبَسْتِيهَا، وَلاَ أَنْتِ أَرْسَلْتِيهَا فَأَكَلَتْ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الأَرْضِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Narrated `Abdullah bin `Umar:Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "A woman was tortured and was put in Hell because of a cat which she had kept locked till it died of hunger." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) further said, (Allah knows better) Allah said (to the woman), 'You neither fed it nor watered when you locked it up, nor did you set it free to eat the vermin of the earth

Abdullah bin Umar (رضی اللہ عنہما) bataate hain: Allah ke Rasool ne farmaya: "Ek aurat ko yaatna di gayi aur usse Dozakh mein daala gaya, ek billi ki wajah se jise usne band karke rakha jab tak woh bhookh se mar nahi gayi." Allah ke Rasool ne aage kaha: (Allah behtar jaanta hai) Allah ne (us aurat se) kaha: "Tumne na ise khana diya na paani jab tumne ise band kiya, na hi tumne ise azaad kiya ke woh zameen ke keede-makode kha sake."

Sahih al-Bukhari 2365 · Book 42, Hadith 13

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