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Feb 4, 2023 • 17 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X
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Cats were valued by Islamic scholars, who are said to have kept them in their libraries, because they would prey on mice that would ruin books. Cats are often depicted in paintings alongside Islamic scholars & bibliophiles

For Caturday, a thread on cats, books and the Qur’an…
1/ “Cats do not invalidate the prayer because they are one of the things that are useful in the house”
- Prophet Muhammad ﷺ.

Narrated by Abu Hurairah. Ibn Majah 369

#Caturday Cat on a bookshelf Image credit MERYEM
2/ Cat and the Qur’an

#Caturday Cat and the Qur’an Beta Cindy Aprilia
3/ Cat on a bookshelf

#Caturday Cat on a bookshelf Image credit Muslimcatt
4/ Cat and the Qur’an

#Caturday Cat and the Qur’an Image credit Mohamed Ashraf
5/ Cat and the Qur’an

#Caturday Cat and the Qur’an Image credit muslimnews_online
6/ Cat and Islamic book

#Caturday Image credit Pinterest
7/ Cat and the Qur’an

#Caturday Cat and the Qur’an Image credit Pinterest
8/ Cat on a bookshelf

#Caturday Cat lying on books on a bookshelf Image credit Pinterest
9/ Cat and the Qur’an

#Caturday Image credit Pinterest
10/ Cat and the Qur’an

#Caturday Cat and the Qur’an Image credit blak_brik
11/ Cat and the Qur’an

#Caturday Cat and the Qur’an Image credit Pinterest
12/ Cat on a bookshelf

#Caturday Cat on a bookshelf Image credit @beautifularab
13/ Cat and the Qur’an

#Caturday Cat and the Qur’an Image credit Pinterest
14/ Cat and the Qur’an

#Caturday Cat and the Qur’an Image credit Reemmalissa
15/ “Revelations,” oil on wood, 6 x 6 in by the incredible artist @safialatif

#Caturday
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