Prophet Cats In Islam

No having a cat in islam is not haram and muslims can keep cats if they want to.

Can you see the cat puzzle. There are several well known tales about muezza. Even our beloved prophet saw had a cat on his own named muezza proving cats to be a special animal in islam. The prophet said that her punishment on the day of judgement will be torture and hell.

Muslims are permitted to keep cats as the pet but they should be able to take the full care of the animal properly. Cats have been venerated in the near east since antiquity a tradition adopted by islam albeit in a much modified form. The prophet muhammad s was tender and kind towards cats.

One of muhammads companions was known as abu hurairah literally. The prophet said a woman entered the hell fire because of a cat which she had tied neither giving it food nor setting it free to eat from the vermin of the earth. Hed even drink water that muezza had previously been lapping up source.

Due to how cherished and loved cats are in islam the mistreatment of this animal is considered a serious sin. Muhammad was so attached to him hed let the cat sit on his lap while he gave his sermons. According to many hadith muhammad prohibited the persecution and killing of cats.

Al bukhari reported a hadith of a woman who locked up her cat refusing to feed it. His favorite feline of all was muezza. Pre islamic arabs are said to have worshipped a golden cat.

Global perspectives al tirmidhi 92. Abu hurairah claimed that he had heard muhammad. Cat outside sultan ahmed mosque istanbul brian gratwicke cc by 20ill treatment of cats can lead a person to jahannam.

In fact when prophet muhammad was seated during sermons his cat muezza could rest on his thigh. Sunan ibn majah ch 2 hadith no. Father of the kitten for his attachment to cats.

368 sahih muslim book comparative tort law. There is a well known story regarding the prophet muhammad s and muezza. 6348 sunan abi dawud 3480.

Arabs in the 7th century believed that the cat was pure spirited. The islamic prophet muhammad always loved cats. Islam is a loving and caring religion and muslims who have faith in islam must spread the love to every being on earth including the cats.