Did Muhammad Worship Cats?

[atheist_angel]

Did the prophet (ERR!) Muhammad really worship (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/worship)\revere (http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/revere) Cats?
Anyone else know about something this?
I'm really scratching my head over just how deep these religious rabbit holes go...

:confused: Quote from Wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cats_in_ancient_Egypt#Cats_in_other_religions):


Feline reverence is not peculiar to Ancient Egyptian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_Egypt) civilization. Muslim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim) theology maintains that the prophet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophet) Muhammad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad) once found his cat sleeping on the sleeve of his robe; instead of waking it, he cut the sleeve off so as not to disturb the animal. If held true by scholars, the story teaches caring and mercifulness to all animals, not only cats (the same tale is also told about Chinese emperor Shih Huang Ti). This reverence can be found in ancient Indian texts, where records of cats involved with human society can be found in two ancient Indian great epics, the Ramayana and Mahābhārata, circa 500BC. As the Hindu and Parsee religions respected all forms of life and were especially sympathetic towards cats, all good Hindus were expected to take care of at least one cat during their lives. By contrast, the Islamic culture generally regards dogs as ritually impure (unhygienic) animals. Christians used to consider cats in league with the devil due to their aloof and independent nature, though this opinion was later dropped, and cats are kept as rat catchers in many churches and monasteries throughout the world.

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

Indeed he did. In fact there was a little parable-type-thing or something or nothing in the Quran which mentions that he woke up with a sleeping cat on his sleeve. And he cut off his sleeve in order to not disturb the sleeping cat.

[Fearless]

Indeed he did. In fact there was a little parable-type-thing or something or nothing in the Quran which mentions that he woke up with a sleeping cat on his sleeve. And he cut off his sleeve in order to not disturb the sleeping cat.

A practice the ancient Egyptians used to adopt (allegedly)

[gruber]

my cat's about 16-17 years old nearly as old as me and its still going strong with about 6 teeth left:D

[Sir Patrick Crocodile]

My cat Felix is only 6 years old and he is now very lazy...

[c2009]

Lazy is the very definition of a cat. :p

[Seamus]

Lazy is the very definition of a cat. :p
Unless it's something she wants to eat. (after torturing it for a few hours)

I once saw my Russian Blue knock a bird out of the air. (it was a Willy Wagtail which got a bit too cocky,and swooped a bit too low)

One of Venus' favourite pastimes was lying on the cross beam of the fence,waving her tail just out of reach of the German Shepherd next door.The dog would go nuts.

[c2009]

Indeed, once there's food involved, they jump up rather quickly. :p

[gruber]

When you throw a stick for a dog it will go chase it but if you do it with a cat it usually gives you the "What the F**k are you doing?" look :D. The little buggers know more then they give on

[atheist_angel]

Maybe all those years of being worshiped as g-ds and g-ddesses has had an affect on their evolution. :eek:

But more likely, their place as seemingly self-proclaimed g-ds and g-ddesses was the result of their evolution and historically, humans were just stupid enough to go along with it.

Now days, we just humor them out of love while chuckling at their delusions of grandeur. ;)

[eclectic]

Maybe all those years of being worshiped as g-ds and g-ddesses has had an affect on their evolution. :eek:

But more likely, their place as seemingly self-proclaimed g-ds and g-ddesses was the result of their evolution and historically, humans were just stupid enough to go along with it.



:)

I wouldn't be waking a sleeping cat if I could help it, Mohammed was just being sensible.

[Unsacred Cow]

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim)Muslim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim) theology maintains that the prophet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prophet) Muhammad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad) once found his cat sleeping on the sleeve of his robe; instead of waking it, he cut the sleeve off so as not to disturb the animal.

So he could supposedly move a mountain but he couldn't move a cat? :rolleyes: