This hadith has been reported on the authority of Ibn 'Umar through another chain of transmitters. And Ibn 'Umar reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) 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 vermin of the earth.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 2242 f In-book : Book 45, Hadith 174 USC-MSA web (English) : Book 32, Hadith 6346 (deprecated)
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