✅ Answer: Please consider the following narrations:

1⃣عَنِ الْفَضْلِ أَبِی الْعَبَّاسِ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ فَضْلِ الْهِرَّةِ وَ الشَّاةِ وَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَ الْإِبِلِ وَ الْحِمَارِ وَ الْخَیْلِ وَ الْبِغَالِ وَ الْوَحْشِ وَ السِّبَاعِ فَلَمْ أَتْرُکْ شَیْئاً إِلَّا سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْهُ فَقَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ حَتَّی انْتَهَیْتُ إِلَی الْکَلْبِ فَقَالَ رِجْسٌ نِجْسٌ الْحَدِیثَ.

📚 Al-Tahdhib, Vol. 1, p. 225

Fadl said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about the remnants (leftovers) of a cat, sheep, cow, camel, donkey, horse, mule, wild animals, and predators—I left nothing out. The Imam said: There is no problem! Until I asked about the dog. The Imam said: It is impure and najis!

2⃣عَنِ ابْنِ مُسْکَانَ عَنْ مَالِکٍ الْجُهَنِیِّ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَمَّا یَخْرُجُ مِنْ مَنْخِرِ الدَّابَّةِ یُصِیبُنِی قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ بِهِ.

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 58

Malik Jahni said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about substances that come out of the nostrils of living beings and touch me. The Imam said: There is no problem!

3⃣عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَلِیِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِیهِ مُوسَی بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مَسَّ ظَهْرَ سِنَّوْرٍ هَلْ یَصْلُحُ لَهُ أَنْ یُصَلِّیَ قَبْلَ أَنْ یَغْسِلَ یَدَهُ قَالَ لَا بَأْسَ.

📚 Qurb al-Isnad, p. 93

Ali ibn Ja'far said: I asked Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) about a person who strokes the back of a cat—can he pray before washing his hand? The Imam said: There is no problem!

4⃣عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ یَحْیَی عَنِ الْعَمْرَکِیِّ عَنْ عَلِیِّ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ أَخِیهِ مُوسَی بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ قَالَ: سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ یُصِیبُ ثَوْبَهُ خِنْزِیرٌ فَلَمْ یَغْسِلْهُ فَذَکَرَ وَ هُوَ فِی صَلَاتِهِ کَیْفَ یَصْنَعُ بِهِ قَالَ إِنْ کَانَ دَخَلَ فِی صَلَاتِهِ فَلْیَمْضِ وَ إِنْ لَمْ یَکُنْ دَخَلَ فِی صَلَاتِهِ فَلْیَنْضِحْ مَا أَصَابَ مِنْ ثَوْبِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ یَکُونَ فِیهِ أَثَرٌ فَیَغْسِلُهُ

📚 Al-Kafi, Vol. 3, p. 61

Ali ibn Ja'far said: I asked Imam Kazim (peace be upon him) about a person whose clothing comes into contact with a pig, and he does not wash it but remembers during prayer. The Imam said: If he has already started the prayer, he should continue; but if he has not yet started, he should pour water over it—unless there is a visible trace, in which case it must be washed!

✅ Based on the above narrations and others, contact with any living animal does not require washing, and one can pray in that state—except for dogs and pigs, which are inherently impure (najis al-'ayn). If the body or clothing comes into contact with these animals while there is moisture, washing is required, and one cannot pray in that state.

Therefore, if someone's body or clothing touches a living cat, washing is not required, and they can pray, even if the cat's body or their own clothing and body were wet at the time of contact.

✅ Important Note: The presence of urine, feces, semen, or body parts of animals such as hair, wool, fur, skin, etc., on a person's clothing has separate rulings. For details, refer to this link:

https://t.me/porseshvapasokhe/825

✅ For rulings on the impurity of dogs, refer to the following link:

https://t.me/porseshvapasokhe/2704

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