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Sunan Abu DawudPurification (Kitab Al-Taharah)

Sunan Abu Dawud 76

Chapter: The Water Left By A Cat

Differing grades 4 scholars’ grades Companion’s words (mawquf) Sunan Abu Dawud 76

Narrator:Ā’ishah

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مَسْلَمَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ، عَنْ دَاوُدَ بْنِ صَالِحِ بْنِ دِينَارٍ التَّمَّارِ، عَنْ أُمِّهِ، أَنَّ مَوْلاَتَهَا، أَرْسَلَتْهَا بِهَرِيسَةٍ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ رضى الله عنها فَوَجَدْتُهَا تُصَلِّي فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَىَّ أَنْ ضَعِيهَا فَجَاءَتْ هِرَّةٌ فَأَكَلَتْ مِنْهَا فَلَمَّا انْصَرَفَتْ أَكَلَتْ مِنْ حَيْثُ أَكَلَتِ الْهِرَّةُ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏"‏

إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ بِنَجَسٍ إِنَّمَا هِيَ مِنَ الطَّوَّافِينَ عَلَيْكُمْ ‏"

Narrated Aisha, Ummul Mu'minin:

Dawud ibn Salih ibn Dinar at-Tammar quoted his mother as saying that her mistress sent her with some pudding (harisah) to Aisha who was offering prayer. She made a sign to me to place it down. A cat came and ate some of it, but when Aisha finished her prayer, she ate from the place where the cat had eaten. She stated: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: It is not unclean: it is one of those who go round among you. She added: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) performing ablution from the water left over by the cat.

Reported by Abu Dawud (No. 76).

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Classical commentary

Al-Azimabadi — Awn al-Ma'bud

( أَنَّ مَوْلَاتهَا ) : أَيْ مُعْتَقَة أُمّ دَاوُدَ وَكَانَتْ أُمُّهُ مَوْلَاة لِبَعْضِ نِسَاء الْأَنْصَار , وَالْمَوْلَى : اِسْم مُشْتَرَك بَيْن الْمُعْتِق بِالْكَسْرِ وَالْفَتْح , وَالْمُرَاد هَاهُنَا بِالْكَسْرِ , ( أَرْسَلَتْهَا ) : الضَّمِير الْمَرْفُوع لِلْمَوْلَاةِ وَالْمَنْصُوب لِأُمِّهِ ( بِهَرِيسَةٍ ) : فَعِيلَة بِمَعْنَى مَفْعُولَة , هَرَسَهَا - مِنْ بَاب قَتَلَ - دَقَّهَا. قَالَ اِبْن فَارِس : الْهَرْس : دَقّ الشَّيْء وَلِذَلِكَ سُمِّيَتْ الْهَرِيسَة : وَفِي النَّوَادِر : الْهَرِيس : الْحَبّ الْمَدْقُوق بِالْمِهْرَاسِ قَبْل أَنْ يُطْبَخ , فَإِذَا طُبِخَ فَهُوَ الْهَرِيسَة بِالْهَاءِ , وَالْمِهْرَاس بِكَسْرِ الْمِيم : هُوَ الْحَجَر الَّذِي يُهْرَس بِهِ الشَّيْء , وَقَدْ اُسْتُعِير…

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Scholars’ grades

The 4 scholars cited do not give the same grade: each one is shown below.

ScholarGradeApplies toWork
Al-Albanid. 1420 AH AuthenticSahih صحيح The hadith No. 76
Shu'ayb al-Arna'utd. 1438 AH AuthenticSahih Lighairihi The hadith No. 76
Zubair Ali Zaid. 1435 AH WeakDaif The hadith No. 76
Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamidd. 1392 AH AuthenticSahih The hadith No. 76

Other versions

Authentic Mishkat al-Masabih 483

Dawud b. Salih b. Dinar quoted his mother as saying that her mistress sent her to ‘A'isha with some hari a. [A dish of cooked meat and wheat.] She said that she found her praying and that she signed to her to lay it down. A cat came and ate some of it, but when ‘A'isha finished praying she ate from…

وَعَن دَاوُد بن صَالح بن دِينَار التمار عَنْ أُمِّهِ أَنَّ مَوْلَاتَهَا أَرْسَلَتْهَا بِهَرِيسَةٍ إِلَى عَائِشَةَ قَالَتْ: فَوَجَدْتُهَا تُصَلِّي فَأَشَارَتْ إِلَيَّ أَنْ ضَعِيهَا فَجَاءَتْ هِرَّةٌ فَأَكَلَتْ مِنْهَا…

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