Sahih Muslim Book 32, Hadith Number 6346.

Chapter : Forbiddance of tormenting the cat or the animals like that which do not harm.

This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn ‘Umar through another chain of transmitters. And Ibn ‘Umar reported Allah’s Messenger (may peace be upon him) as saying: A woman was tormented because of a cat which she had tied and thus allowed it neither to eat or drink nor set it free so that it might eat the insects of the earth.