Beberapa Muslim meyakini bahwa '''Muezza''' (atau{{transl|ar|Muʿizza}}; '''Mu'izza''') ([[Bahasa Arab{{lang-ar|معزة]]}}) merupakan nama kucing [[Nabi Islam|Nabi]] [[Muhammad]].<ref name=Muezza1>{{cite book |year=2004 |last=Geyer |first=Georgie Anne|authorlink=|coauthors=|editor=|others= |title=When Cats Reigned Like Kings: On the Trail of the Sacred Cats |origdatepublisher=Andrews McMeel Publishing |origyearlocation=[[Kansas City, Missouri]] |origmonthisbn=0-7407-4697-9 |page=28 |url=https://archive.org/details/whencatsreignedl00geor |formaturl-access=registration |accessdatequote=In still another charming legend about the Prophet, one day his favorite cat Muezza bowed to thank him for some kind favor and, by this story, Muhammad then passed his hand down three times the length of the animal's back, giving to it—and to all cats evermore—the enviable capacity always to land squarely on their feet.}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |editionlast=Stall |series=|datefirst=Sam |year=20042007 |monthtitle=100 Cats Who Changed Civilization: History's Most Influential Felines |publisher=AndrewsQuirk McMeelBooks Publishing|location=|language=|isbn=0978-74071-469759474-9163-0 |oclcpage=40 |doiurl=|https://books.google.com/books?id=coXIF8WbEKEC&pg=PA40}}</ref> Namun, '''tidak ada satupunsatu pun hadits''' yang menceritakanmenyatakan bahwa Nabi Muhammad memiliki kucing sehinggabernama kebenaran cerita-cerita yang beredar tidak memiliki sumber yang sahih, tidak bisa disandarkan kepada Rasulullah, dan tidak bisa diyakiniMuezza.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Motala|first=Moulana Suhail|date=2020-11-25|title=Did Nabi (sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam) have a cat named Muezza?|url=https://hadithanswers.com/did-nabi-sallallahu-alayhi-wa-sallam-have-a-cat-named-muezza/|website=Hadith Answers|language=en-GB|access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref><ref name="Muezza-2020">{{Cite web|date=2020-10-09|title=The Prophet's cat Muezza|url=https://islamicportal.co.uk/the-prophets-cat-muezza/|website=Islamic Portal|language=en-GB|access-date=2021-03-15}}</ref> Demikian, kebenaran kisah tentang Muezza yang beredar tidak memiliki sumber yang sahih sehingga tidak bisa disandarkan kepada Nabi Muhammad dan tidak bisa diyakini.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Tuasikal|first=Muhammad Abduh|date=2021-01-25|title=Bahaya Dusta Atas Nama Nabi|url=https://muslim.or.id/21024-bahaya-dusta-atas-nama-nabi.html|website=muslim.or.id|language=id|access-date=2024-07-08}}</ref>
Untuk meneladani Nabi Muhammad, seorang [[Muslim]] diminta untuk menyayangi hewan, termasuk di dalamnya kucing. Perlakuan kasar kepada binatang merupakan salah satu tindakan jahat yang buruk dalam [[Islam]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/040.sbt.html#003.040.552 |title=USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2010-04-14 |archive-date=2008-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023214200/http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/040.sbt.html#003.040.552 |dead-url=yes }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/040.sbt.html#003.040.553 |title=USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2010-04-14 |archive-date=2008-10-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081023214200/http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/bukhari/040.sbt.html#003.040.553 |dead-url=yes }}</ref>
