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1727. Ibn 'Abbās narrated: "A sheep died so the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said to its owners: 'Why don't you remove its skin, then tan it so you can have something useful from it.'" (Saḥīh)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] There are
narrations on this topic from Salamah bin Al-Muḥabbaq, Maimūnah, and ‘Āishah. The Hadīth of Ibn ‘Abbās is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ. Similar to this has been reported through other routes from Ibn ‘Abbās from the Prophet ﷺ. And it has been related from Ibn ‘Abbās from Maimūnah, from the Prophet ﷺ, and, it has been related from him from Sawdah. I heard Muhammad saying the Hadīth of Ibn ‘Abbās from the Prophet ﷺ, and the Hadīth of Ibn ‘Abbās from Maimūnah from the Prophet ﷺ were correct. And he said: “It implies that it was reported from Ibn ‘Abbās from Maimūnah from the Prophet ﷺ, and that Ibn ‘Abbās reported it from the Prophet ﷺ, and he did not mention Maimūnah in it.”
[Abū ‘Eisā said:] This is acted upon according to most of the people of knowledge, and it is the view of Sufyān Ath-Thawrī, Ibn Al-Mubārak, Ash-Shāfi‘ī, Ahmad, and Ishāq.
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The correct position in the matter seems to be that the skins of noxious animals are not permitted to make use of since the Prophet ﷺ has said so, as would be clear from an ensuing exclusive chapter on the subject, even though tanning would turn the skin clean.
