"He should show kindness to animals, how much more unto his fellow-man, to him who is endowed with the power of utterance."

-Bahá'u'lláh, Gleanings From the Writings of Bahá’u’lláh, p. 265 CXXV

"The Prophet Muhammad was tender and kind towards cats. He appreciated cats. Muhammad’s favorite cat was called Muezza. There is a well known story regarding the Prophet Muhammad and Muezza.

When the call to prayers was heard, Muezza was asleep on one of the sleeves of the Prophet’s robes. The Prophet wanted to wear the robe to go to prayers. Rather than disturb Muezza, Muhammad cut off the sleeve to leave Muezza in peace. The Prophet then stroked the cat three times, which, it is said, granted Muezza seven lives and the ability to land on his feet at all times (as you might know, cats have a self-righting mechanism,a righting reflex, which is a complex series of movements when a cat falls and which protects the cat from breaking her back).

The Prophet was so attached to his cat that when he gave sermons he let Muezza rest on his lap and he also drank from water previously drunk by his cat. He also did his ablutions from the same water that was drunk by a cat."

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