Cat Climbs on Sheikh Leading Ramadan Prayers | VOANews

A cat appeared to enjoy the prayers of Sheikh Walid Mehsas in Algeria on Monday, as shown in a video posted by the official page of the Sheikh on Facebook.

Mehsas was praying “Taraweeh,” a nightly prayer occurring every evening during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, in Abu Bakr al-Siddiq Mosque in the Algerian province of Bordj Bou Arreridj.

The cat wandered around the Sheikh leading the prayer, until it jumped on him. Mehsas appeared unbothered and uninterrupted.

He gave the cat a gentle caress and continued reciting the verses for the prayer. (Reuters)

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[jacobnussling]

Algeria is a wonderful country with a people of great generosity. 🇩🇿

[kentalanlee]

I admire that man. So chill. Cat definitely knows it too.

[Smokkedandslammed]

"Hey, I just wanted to say you have a beautiful voice. Thanks."

[sgx]

Our beloved Prophet (pbuh) loved cats. A companion of him was named after his pet cat (Abu Huraira, The father of the kittens).

[alijosef]

Such a humane deed. well done Imam. God bless you.

[prakashram]

Cat must have seen something powerful strength or lite n followed which went on IMAM sat on his shoulder n took off b4 prayer ended. 🙏 Amazing!

[zohrarabhi]

ياعباد الله امنوا بالله وبرسوله أنه صوت الحق❤

[salimhh]

The strange thing is that she kissed him and then jumped as if she knew that he was about to kneel so as not to disturb him

[AY-bexd]

everything about the video is beautiful

[ilookos]

Translation of Quran in this video

قُلْ هَلْ عِنْدَكُمْ مِنْ عِلْمٍ فَتُخْرِجُوهُ لَنَا إنْ تَتّبِعونَ إلّا الظّنَّ و إنْ أَنْتُم إلَّا تَخْرُصُونْ
Say, "Do you have any knowledge that you can produce for us? You follow not except assumption, and you are not but falsifying."


قُلْ فَلِلّهِ الحُجّةُ الْبَالِغَة فَلَوْ شَاء لَهَدَاكُمْ أَجْمَعِينَ
Say, "With Allah is the far-reaching argument. If He had willed, He would have guided you all."

[raahilrecordings]

SubhanAllah. How the little cat came closer and was comfortable. And what a kind gesture of the Imam. May Allah Ta'ala bless him immensely.

[عبدالرحمن-غظذ]

Thank God
The imam concluded the reading with a word

“And if he wished, he would have guided you all.”

How many people have heard the Quran and will learn about Islam with this nice scene 🌿♥️

We ask God to guide all people to Islam

[saidhocine]

Ramadan Kareem to all Muslims in the world, your brother from Algeria

[youcube]

Thanks for sharing a positive post about Islam

[زاويرضا]

A beautiful behavior from this Algerian imam, which reflects the mercy and tolerance of our true religion. But contemplate and understand the noble verses that he recited, because they are a message from God to His servants.

[zakiazaza]

حقظ الله بلدي الجزائر والامام
بعثه الله حجه للعالمين ورسالته البالغه والقطه جند من جنود الله سبحان الله

[hamowalid]

If by chance 1. The imam used to recite in prayer a surah called Al-An’am, and he used to recite from verse number ((149)) which means in the language animals and the cat is among the animals 2. Before the imam kneels, how did the cat realize that the imam will bow to God? 3. If you listen carefully to the recitation, you will realize that God directs a message to the whole world through the tongue of this imam, where God says ((Say, for God is the ultimate argument, and if He willed, He would have guided you all)) as if he is addressing those who want to distort the image of Muslims from the media and the press and tells them that you will not be able to extinguish the light of truth with your mouths But if I wanted to guide you to the path of truth, I would guide you, but you went astray, then I will show you the truth with your eyes. God always sends His signs to humans in order to guide them to the path of truth, and they will not have an argument on the Day of Resurrection, and God mocked that cat to be one of God's soldiers on earth. Almighty God, the Wise
I challenge anyone to make a single mistake in this religion. Indeed, it is the religion of truth, and God honored us with it if He revealed it to us from the rest of the peoples, because He knows that we are capable of carrying that message despite those temptations and conspiracies against us.

[AbdisalamFarah]

It is cat's way of complementing the Sheikh: "Well done sheikh - that was good!".

[ahmedkandeel]

Prophet Mohammed was kind to animals, encouraged ppl to be kind to them and warned ppl of harming them, the Imam was following these teachings of kindness to animals

[learnenglishvsarabic]

Traduction of what he says.

Say: God has the ultimate argument, and if he wished, he would have guided you all