Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abu Qatadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his father that water for ablution was placed for him, and a cat drank from it, but he began to perform ablution with it. People said: "O Abu Qatadah! The cat has drunk from it," he said: "I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: The cat is from among the household, and it is among those who go around you (males and females) frequently."