“I was a man who had an issue with intercourse with a women that none other than me had. When (the month of) Ramadan entered, I pronounced Zihar upon my wife (to last) until the end of Ramadan, fearing that I might have an encounter with her during the night, and I would continue doing that until daylight came upon me, and I would not be able to stop. One night while she was serving me, something of her became exposed for me, so I rushed myself upon her. When the morning came I went to my people to inform them about what happened to me. I said: ‘Accompany me to the Messenger of Allah to inform him about my case.’ They said: ‘No by Allah! We shall not do that, we feat that something will be revealed about us in the Quran, or the Messenger of Allah might say something about us, the disgrace of which will remain upon us. But you do and do whatever you want.’” He said: “So I left and I went to the Messenger of Allah, and informed him of my case. He said: ‘You are the one who did that?” I said: ‘I am the one.’ He said: ‘You are the one who did that?” I said: ‘I am the one.’ He said: ‘You are the one who did that?” I said: ‘I am the one, it is before you, so give me Allah’s judgment, for I shall be patient with that.’ He said: ‘Free a slave.’” He said: “I struck the sides of my neck with me hands, and said: ‘No by the One Who sent you with the Truth! I possess nothing besides it.’ He said: ‘Then fast for two months’ I said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! Did this occur to me other than when I was fasting?’ He said: ‘Then feed sixty poor people.’ I said: ‘By the One Who sent you with the Truth! We have spent these nights of ours hungry without an evening meal.’ He said: ‘Go to the one with the charity from Banu Ruzaiq, tell him to give it to you, then feed a Wasq of it, on your behalf, to sixty poor people. Then help yourself and your dependants with the remainder of it.’” He said: “I returned to my people and said: ‘I found dejection and bad ideas with you, and I found liberalness and blessing with the Messenger of Allah. He ordered me to take your charity, so give it to me.’ So they gave it to me.”
Jami` at-Tirmidhi Book 47, Hadith 351
Yahya related to me from Malik from Ishaq ibn Abdullah ibn Abi
Talha from Humayda bint Abi Ubayda ibn Farwa that her maternal aunt
Kabsha bint Kab ibn Malik, who was the wife of the son of Abu Qatada
al-Ansari, told her that once Abu Qatada was visiting her and she
poured out some water for him to do wudu with. Just then a cat came to
drink from it, so he tilted the vessel towards it to let it drink.
Kabsha continued, "He saw me looking at him and said, 'Are you
surprised, daughter of my brother?' I said, 'Yes.' He replied that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said,
cats are not impure. They intermingle with you .' "
Yahya
said that Malik said, "There is no harm in that unless one sees
impurities on the cat's mouth."
Muwatta Malik Book 2, Hadith 12
Yahya related to me from Malik from Hisham ibn Urwa from his
father that A'isha, the wife of the Prophet, may Allah bless him and
grant him peace, said, "Fatima bint Abu Hubaysh said, 'Messenger of
Allah, I never become pure - am I permitted to pray?' The Messenger of
Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, 'That is a vein,
not menstruation. So when your period approaches, leave off from the
prayer, and when its grip leaves, wash the blood from yourself and
pray.' "
Muwatta Malik Book 2, Hadith 104