Question 1305: Is it permissible to perform ablution (wudu) with water that a cat has drunk from?
Answer
✅Answer: Please refer to the following narrations:
1 عَنْ مُعَاوِیَةَ بْنِ عَمَّارٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِاللَّهِ فِی الْهِرَّةِ أَنَّهَا مِنْ أَهْلِ الْبَیْتِ وَ یُتَوَضَّأُ مِنْ سُؤْرِهَا.
📚Al-Tahdhib vol. 1, p. 226
Imam al-Sadiq, blessings of God be upon him, said regarding the cat: Indeed it is from the people of the house, and ablution can be performed with the remainder of its drink (one can perform ablution)!
2 عَنْ زُرَارَةَ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّه قَالَ فِی کِتَابِ عَلِیٍّ إِنَّ الْهِرَّ سَبُعٌ وَ لَا بَأْسَ بِسُؤْرِهِ وَ إِنِّی لَأَسْتَحْیِی مِنَ اللَّهِ أَنْ أَدَعَ طَعَاماً لِأَنَّ الْهِرَّ أَکَلَ مِنْهُ.
📚Al-Kafi vol. 3, p. 9
Imam al-Sadiq, blessings of God be upon him, said: It is written in the book of Ali, blessings of God be upon him: Indeed, the cat is from the predators, and there is no harm in its leftovers, and I feel shy before God to leave food because a cat has eaten from it!
3 عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مُسْلِمٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْکَلْبِ یَشْرَبُ مِنَ الْإِنَاءِ قَالَ اغْسِلِ الْإِنَاءَ وَ عَنِ السِّنَّوْرِ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ أَنْ تَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْ فَضْلِهَا إِنَّمَا هِیَ مِنَ السِّبَاعِ.
📚Al-Tahdhib vol. 1, p. 225
Muhammad ibn Muslim said: I asked Imam al-Sadiq, blessings of God be upon him, about a dog that drinks water from a vessel; the Imam said: Wash the vessel. And regarding the cat, he said: There is no harm in performing ablution with the remaining water it has drunk, for indeed it is from the predators!
4 عَنْ أَبِی الصَّبَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ کَانَ عَلِیٌّ یَقُولُ لَا تَدَعْ فَضْلَ السِّنَّوْرِ أَنْ تَتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهُ إِنَّمَا هِیَ سَبُعٌ.
📚Al-Tahdhib vol. 1, p. 227
Imam al-Sadiq, blessings of God be upon him, said: The Commander of the Faithful, blessings of God be upon him, used to say: Do not leave performing ablution with the remainder of water that a cat has drunk from, for indeed it is from the beasts of prey!
5 مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِیِّ بْنِ الْحُسَیْن قَالَ: قَالَ الصَّادِقُ إِنِّی لَا أَمْتَنِعُ مِنْ طَعَامٍ طَعِمَ مِنْهُ السِّنَّوْرُ وَ لَا مِنْ شَرَابٍ شَرِبَ مِنْهُ.
📚Al-Faqih vol. 1, p. 9
Imam al-Sadiq, blessings of God be upon him, said: I do not refrain from food that a cat has eaten from, nor from a drink it has drunk from!
6 عَنْ أَبِی بَصِیرٍ عَنْ أَبِی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ:
لَیْسَ بِفَضْلِ السِّنَّوْرِ بَأْسٌ أَنْ یُتَوَضَّأَ مِنْهُ وَ یُشْرَبَ وَ لَا یُشْرَبُ سُؤْرُ الْکَلْبِ إِلَّا أَنْ یَکُونَ حَوْضاً کَبِیراً یُسْتَقَی مِنْهُ.
📚Al-Tahdhib vol. 1, p. 226
Imam al-Sadiq, blessings of God be upon him, said: There is no harm in performing ablution with the leftovers of a cat and drinking from it, but one does not drink from the leftovers of a dog, unless it is a large pool from which water is drawn!
✅According to the above narrations and others, there is no harm in eating from the leftovers of food a cat has eaten from, and in drinking and performing ablution with the leftover water a cat has drunk from, even if the water is little and has not reached the limit of a Karr.
اللَّهُمَّ صَلِّ عَلَی مُحَمَّدٍ وَ آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ وَ عَجِّلْ لِوَلِیِّکَ الْفَرَجَ وَ الْعَافِیَةَ وَ النَّصْر