“Allah's Messenger (may peace be upon him) said: A woman was punished because she had kept a cat tied until it died, and (as a punishment of this offence) she was thrown into Hell. She had not provided it with food or drink, and had not freed her so that she could eat the insects of the earth.”

—  Muhammad

Narrated in Saheeh Muslim, Book 026, Number 5570
Sunni Hadith

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