Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: Sometimes a cat would come to the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), and he would bring a vessel towards it, and it would drink water from it. Then the Prophet would perform ablution (wudu) with the leftover water from which the cat had drunk. The narrator named Abu Bakr states: The narrator of this narration is Yaqub, who is Qadi Abu Yusuf, and the narrator named Abdur-Rabb is Abdullah bin Saeed Maqbari, who is weak.

About the leftover of a cat, Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "This water should be poured away and the vessel should be washed once (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps the words are:) or twice." This narration is "Mawquf" (stopped at the Companion).

Muhammad bin Sirin narrates regarding Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him), he said: "When a cat puts its mouth into a vessel, then pour out the water in it and wash it once."

Muhammad bin Sirin narrates this statement of Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him): He said regarding cats: "If it puts its mouth into a vessel, then Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Wash it once and pour out the water that is in it."

Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him) stated regarding the cat: "When it puts its mouth into a vessel, a person should wash it seven times." The narrator of this narration, Laith bin Abu Sulaym, is not a hafiz, and this narration is "mawquf," and it is not authentically transmitted from Sayyiduna Abu Huraira (may Allah be pleased with him). It is more likely that this is the statement of Ata himself.

Hasan bin Ali narrates: I heard Ata saying: He said regarding cats: "When it puts its mouth into a vessel, a person should wash it seven times."

Saeed bin al-Musayyib says: "A person should wash it twice (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps the words are:) three times."

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "When a dog puts its mouth into a vessel, the way to purify it is to wash it seven times, and the first time it should be cleaned with soil. As for the cat, the ruling is that it should be washed once or twice." This doubt is from the narrator named Qarah. The narrator named Abu Bakr has stated this: The narrator named Abu Asim has transmitted this narration as a "marfu‘" hadith, while other narrators have transmitted the ruling regarding the dog as a "marfu‘" hadith and the ruling regarding the cat putting its mouth as a "mawquf" narration.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) says regarding the cat: "When it puts its mouth into a vessel, then wash it once (the narrator is in doubt, perhaps these are the words:) wash it twice." This narration is transmitted in the same way from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) as a "Mawquf" narration.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) states: "If a cat puts its mouth into a vessel, the vessel should be washed, just as it is washed when a dog puts its mouth into it." This narration is "Mawquf" and is not authentically established from Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him). Some narrations from the narrator Yahya bin Ayyub contain irregularities.