Islam And Cats

[David Amicus]

In another thread cats were mentioned. Muhammad was fond of cats according to this

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_cats

[Yusuf B Gursey]

In another thread cats were mentioned. Muhammad was fond of cats accordin=

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to this

Abu Hurairah "The Father of the Kitten", again as his name was fond cats. H=
e was also a prolific narrator of Hadith (sayings of the Prophet), many of =
them tall tales, and we have lot's cat friendly Hadith!

It is also a polemic against Zoroastrianism, which believes that the cat wa=
s the creation of Ahriman (Angra Mainyu - The Devil) and the dog the creati=
on of Hurmuz (Hurmazd - Ahura Mazda - (The Good) God). So in return Islam p=
refers cats.

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The prophet ... cut off the sleeve of his prayer robe rather than wake his =
favourite cat ...

The stripes some cats have on their foreheads are believed to mark the touc=
h of Muhammad's fingers

the first cat was created when God caused a lion to sneeze, after animals o=
n Noah's Ark complained of mice
I remember these from my childhood, in a houseful of cats at my great-aunts=
'. The addition to last story I had heard was that the mice were created wh=
en the Devil had caused the pig to sneeze and that the robe in question was=
an expensive gift and that is a sin to disturb a sleeping cat. Also the tr=
iangular mark on the foreheads of many cats represents the mihrab of a mosq=
ue (the niche marking the direction of prayer)

[DKleinecke]

Post by Yusuf B Gursey

In another thread cats were mentioned. Muhammad was fond of cats accordin=

g=20

to this

Abu Hurairah "The Father of the Kitten", again as his name was fond cats. H=
e was also a prolific narrator of Hadith (sayings of the Prophet), many of =
them tall tales, and we have lot's cat friendly Hadith!
It is also a polemic against Zoroastrianism, which believes that the cat wa=
s the creation of Ahriman (Angra Mainyu - The Devil) and the dog the creati=
on of Hurmuz (Hurmazd - Ahura Mazda - (The Good) God). So in return Islam p=
refers cats.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam_and_cats

<<
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The prophet ... cut off the sleeve of his prayer robe rather than wake his =
favourite cat ...
The stripes some cats have on their foreheads are believed to mark the touc=
h of Muhammad's fingers
the first cat was created when God caused a lion to sneeze, after animals o=
n Noah's Ark complained of mice
I remember these from my childhood, in a houseful of cats at my great-aunts=
'. The addition to last story I had heard was that the mice were created wh=
en the Devil had caused the pig to sneeze and that the robe in question was=
an expensive gift and that is a sin to disturb a sleeping cat. Also the tr=
iangular mark on the foreheads of many cats represents the mihrab of a mosq=
ue (the niche marking the direction of prayer)

It's hard to tell how many cats there were in Muhammad's world but
there were some and there doesn't seem to be a single word against
them.

[Yusuf B Gursey]

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there were some and there doesn't seem to be a single word against
them.

Some say it is a polemic against Zoroastrianism, which regards the cat as t=
he creation of Ahriman (The Devil) and the dog as the creation of Hurmuzd (=
Ahura Mazda, God). The Hadith literature is usually not dog friendly, but t=
he dog of the Seven Sleepers of Ephesus is mentioned in the Qur'an, favorab=
ely of course.