Al-Hasan and Ibn Sirin said: It should be washed once.
And Tawus (44) said: It should be washed seven times, like a dog.
Abu Dawud narrated with his chain of narration from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he mentioned the hadith and said: "If a cat (45) laps from it, it should be washed once."
Our evidence is what was narrated from Kabshah bint Ka'b ibn Malik, who was married to Abu Qatadah, that Abu Qatadah entered upon her and she poured water for him for ablution. She said: A cat came and he inclined (46) the vessel for it until it drank. Kabshah said: He saw me looking at him, so he said: "Are you surprised, O daughter of my brother?" I said: "Yes." He replied: "The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: 'It is not impure; it is among those who go around (al-tawwafin) among you.'" Abu Dawud [al-Nasa'i, and al-Tirmidhi] (47) narrated it, and he (48) said: This is a hasan sahih hadith. This is the best thing on this subject. [This] (49) has indicated by its wording the negation of dislike regarding the leftover water of a cat, and by its reasoning the negation of dislike regarding what is smaller than it from among those who go around among us. Ibn Majah narrated from 'Aishah, who said: I used to perform ablution, I
(44) Abu 'Abd al-Rahman Tawus ibn Kaysan al-Yamani al-Jundi, one of the jurists among the Successors. He was a man of high status and died in Makkah while performing Hajj in the year 106 AH. Tabaqat al-Fuqaha by al-Shirazi 73, al-'Ibar 1/130, 131. (45) In M: "the cat" (al-hirrah), and what is established in the original (al-asl), A, and Sunan Abi Dawud is the same. Abu Dawud also narrated it in: "Chapter on Performing Ablution with the Leftover Water of a Dog," from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/17. Likewise, al-Tirmidhi narrated it in: "Chapter on What Was Narrated Concerning the Leftover Water of a Dog," from the Chapters on Prayer. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/133, and it is there with the wording: "the cat." (46) Inclined the vessel for it: Tilted it. (47) Narrated by Abu Dawud in: "Chapter on the Leftover Water of a Cat," from the Book of Purification. Sunan Abi Dawud 1/18. Al-Nasa'i in "Chapter on the Leftover Water of a Cat," from the Book of Purification, and in: "Chapter on the Leftover Water of a Cat," from the Book of Waters. Al-Mujtaba 1/48, 145. And al-Tirmidhi in: "Chapter on What Was Narrated Concerning the Leftover Water of a Cat," from the Chapters on Purification. 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/137. Likewise, it was narrated by Ibn Majah in: "Chapter on Performing Ablution with the Leftover Water of a Cat and the Concession Regarding That," from the Book of Purification. Sunan Ibn Majah 1/131. And al-Darimi in: "Chapter on the Cat If It Laps from a Vessel," from the Book of Wudu. Sunan al-Darimi 1/187, 188. And Imam Malik in: "Chapter on Water for Ablution," from the Book of Purification. Al-Muwatta 1/23. And Imam Ahmad in: The Musnad 5/296, 303, 309. (48) See: 'Aridat al-Ahwadhi 1/138. (49) In M: "And [this] has."
