Sunan Abi Dawud

Hadith 4126

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Skins of Dead Animals

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Darussalam · Volume 4

31. THE BOOKOF CLOTHING

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الحديث: 4126 ¦ الجزء: 4 ¦ الصفحة: 66

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English translation

4126. It was narrated from 'Abdullāh bin Mālik bin Ḥudhāfah that his mother, Al-'Alīyah bint Subaī, said: "I had some sheep in Uḥud and they died. I entered upon Maimūnah, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ, and told her about that. Maimūnah said to me: 'Why don't you take their skins and make some use of them?' I said: 'Is that permissible?' She said: 'Yes. Some men of the Quraish passed by the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ, dragging a sheep of theirs like a donkey, and the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to them: "Why don't you make use of its skin?" They said: "It is dead." The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "It may be purified by water and leaves of Qaraz."[1] (Hasan)

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4126 - حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ، حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ الْعَالِيَةِ بِنْتِ سُبَيْعٍ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ: كَانَ لِي غَنَمٌ بِأُحُدٍ، فَوَقَعَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتُ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهَا، فَقَالَتْ لِي مَيْمُونَةُ : لَوَ أَخَذْتِ جُلُودَهَا فَانْتَفَعْتِ بِهَا، فَقَالَتْ: أَوَ يَحِلُّ ذَلِكَ، قَالَتْ: نَعَمْ، مَرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَجُرُّونَ شَاةً لَهُمْ مِثْلَ الْحِمَارِ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «لَوْ أَخَذْتُمْ إِهَابَهَا» قَالُوا: إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «يُطَهِّرُهَا الْمَاءُ وَالْقَرَظُ»

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    [1] A tree whose leaves were used in tanning – mimosa flava or acacia nilotica.

Commentary

The majority of scholars hold the view that the skin becomes pure upon tanning, and this is what is acted upon.