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A Woman Entered the Fire Because of a Cat She Starved

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Sahih al-Bukhari · 3482·Narrated by Abdullah ibn Umar (RA)

عُذِّبَتِ امْرَأَةٌ فِي هِرَّةٍ سَجَنَتْهَا حَتَّى مَاتَتْ، فَدَخَلَتْ فِيهَا النَّارَ، لاَ هِيَ أَطْعَمَتْهَا وَلاَ سَقَتْهَا إِذْ حَبَسَتْهَا، وَلاَ هِيَ تَرَكَتْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الأَرْضِ

Transliteration

'Udhdhibatimra'atun fi hirratin sajanatha hatta matat, fadakhalat fihan-nar, la hiya at'amatha wa la saqatha idh habasatha, wa la hiya tarakatha ta'kulu min khashashil-ard

Translation

Narrated Abdullah ibn Umar (RA): The Messenger of Allah (SAW) said, "A woman was punished because of a cat which she imprisoned until it died, and she entered the Fire because of it. She neither fed it nor gave it water while she kept it locked up, nor did she let it free to eat from the creatures of the earth."

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