Sunan ad-Darimi 190

Translation

✧ I heard Ibrahim saying, "A cat is neither halal (permissible) nor haram (forbidden). He only used to say, 'They (the companions) used to dislike it while they used to prefer (keeping other animals).'"

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Narrators

1. 1
   Ibrāhīm al-Nakhaʿī

   Trustworthy (thiqah), except that he often narrates with omission of the Companion (irsāl).d. 94 AH, or 95 AH, or 96 AH
   إِبْرَاهِيم النَّخَعِيّثقة إلا أنه يرسل كثيرا
   صريح في السماع
2. 2
   al-Aʿmash

   Trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), knowledgeable in the recitations (qirāʾāt), scrupulous (wariʿ), but he practiced concealment (tadlīs)d. Abū ʿAwānah said, and ʿAbd Allāh b. Dāwūd: 147 AH. Wakīʿ said, and more than one: 148 AH. And al-Khaṭīb considered it correct. Also said: 145 AH
   الْأَعْمَشِثقة حافظ , عارف بالقراءات ورع لكنه يدلس
   عن
3. 3
   Ḥafṣ b. Ghiyāth

   trustworthy (thiqah), a jurist (faqīh), whose memory changed slightly toward the end of his lifed. 194 AH, also said: 195 AH, or 196 AH
   حَفْصٍثقة فقيه ، تغير حفظه قليلا في الآخر
   عن
4. 4
   Hārūn b. Muʿāwiyah

   truthful (ṣadūq)d. between 211 and 220 AH
   هَارُونُصدوق
   أخبرنا
5. 5
   al-Dārimī

   trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AH
   الدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن

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