Sahih Muslim Book - 49, Hadith - 6982

قَالَ الزُّهْرِىُّ وَحَدَّثَنِى حُمَيْدٌ عَنْ أَبِى هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ -صلى الله عليه وسلم- قَالَ « دَخَلَتِ امْرَأَةٌ النَّارَ فِى هِرَّةٍ رَبَطَتْهَا فَلاَ هِىَ أَطْعَمَتْهَا وَلاَ هِىَ أَرْسَلَتْهَا تَأْكُلُ مِنْ خَشَاشِ الأَرْضِ حَتَّى مَاتَتْ هَزْلاً ». قَالَ الزُّهْرِىُّ ذَلِكَ لِئَلاَّ يَتَّكِلَ رَجُلٌ وَلاَ يَيْأَسَ رَجُلٌ.

Az-Zuhri said: "Humaid narrated to me from Abu Hurairah that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: 'A woman entered Hell because of a cat which she had; she had tied it up and did not feed it nor let it loose to eat of the vermin of the earth, until it died of starvation.'"