Mishkat al-Masabih
Mishkat al-Masabih 482
وَعَن كَبْشَة بنت كَعْب بن مَالك وَكَانَتْ تَحْتَ ابْنِ أَبِي قَتَادَةَ: أَنَّ أَبَا قَتَادَة دخل فَسَكَبَتْ لَهُ وَضُوءًا فَجَاءَتْ هِرَّةٌ تَشْرَبُ مِنْهُ فَأَصْغَى لَهَا الْإِنَاءَ حَتَّى شَرِبَتْ قَالَتْ كَبْشَةُ فَرَآنِي أَنْظُرُ إِلَيْهِ فَقَالَ أَتَعْجَبِينَ يَا ابْنَةَ أخي فَقُلْتُ نَعَمْ فَقَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «إِنَّهَا لَيست بِنَجس إِنَّهَا من الطوافين عَلَيْكُم والطوافات» . رَوَاهُ مَالِكٌ وَأَحْمَدُ وَالتِّرْمِذِيُّ وَأَبُو دَاوُدَ وَالنَّسَائِيُّ وَابْنُ مَاجَهْ وَالدَّارِمِيُّ
Kabsha bint Kaʿb ibn Mālik, who was married to Ibn Abī Qatāda, said: ‘Abū Qatāda came in, and I poured water for his ablution. A cat came and drank from it, so he tilted the vessel for it until it had drunk. He saw me watching and asked: “Are you surprised, my niece?” I said yes, and he said: “The Messenger of Allah said: ‘It is not impure; it is among those—male and female—that move about among you.’”’ Mālik, Aḥmad, al-Tirmidhī, Abū Dāwūd, al-Nasāʾī, Ibn Mājah, and al-Dārimī transmitted it.