The Book of al-Fara' and al-'Atirah

Ibn Wa lah asked Ibn Abbas: We campaign in the Maghrib, where people worship idols and use waterskins for milk and water. Ibn Abbas replied: Tanning purifies. Ibn Wa lah asked whether this was his own opinion or something he heard from the Messenger of Allah. He said: Rather, it is from the Messenger of Allah.

Salamah ibn al-Muhabbaq reported: During the campaign of Tabuk, the Prophet asked a woman for water. She said: I have none except in a waterskin made from a dead animal. He asked: Did you tan it? She said yes. He replied: Its tanning is its ritual purification.

Aishah reported that the Prophet was asked about the hides of dead animals. He replied: Tanning them purifies them.

Aishah was asked about the hides of dead animals. She replied: Tanning them purifies them.

Aishah reported that the Prophet said: Tanning a dead animals hide purifies it.

Aishah reported that the Messenger of Allah said: Tanning a dead animals hide purifies it.

Maymunah, the wife of the Prophet, reported that some Quraysh men passed the Messenger of Allah dragging a sheep as large as a donkey. He said: Why do you not take its hide? They said: It is carrion. He replied: Water and qaraz (tanning material) purify it.

Abdullah ibn Ukaim said: When I was a young boy, the letter of the Messenger of Allah was read to us: Do not use the hide or sinews of a dead animal.

Abdullah ibn Ukaim said: The Messenger of Allah wrote to us: Do not use the hide or sinews of a dead animal.

Abdullah ibn Ukaim said: The Messenger of Allah wrote to Juhaynah: Do not use the hide or sinews of a dead animal. The compiler, Abu Abd al-Rahman, says: The soundest report in this chapter about tanning the hides of dead animals is the report of al-Zuhri, from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah, from Ibn Abbas, from Maymunah. Allah knows best.

Aishah reported that the Messenger of Allah instructed people to use the hides of dead animals if they had been tanned.

Abu al-Malih reported from his father that the Prophet forbade the hides of predatory animals.

Al-Miqdam ibn Madikarib said: The Messenger of Allah forbade silk, gold, and saddlecloths made from tiger skins.

Khalid said: Al-Miqdam ibn Ma dikarib came to visit Muawiyah and said to him, I adjure you by Allah: Do you know that the Messenger of Allah forbade wearing the hides of predators and riding on them? He replied, Yes.

Jabir ibn Abdullah heard the Messenger of Allah, during the Year of the Conquest while in Makkah, say: Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, and His Messenger have forbidden the sale of wine, carrion, pigs, and idols. It was said: Messenger of Allah, what about the fat of carrion? Ships are caulked with it, hides are greased with it, and people use it for lamps. He said: No, it is unlawful. The Messenger of Allah then said: May Allah destroy the Jews! When Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, forbade them fat, they rendered it, sold it, and consumed its price.

Ibn Abbas said: It reached Umar that Samurah had sold wine. Umar said: May Allah destroy Samurah! Does he not know that the Messenger of Allah said: May Allah destroy the Jews; fat was forbidden to them, but they rendered it? Sufyan explained: That is, they melted it.

Ibn Abbas reported from Maimunah that a mouse fell into some ghee and died. The Prophet was asked about it and said: Throw it and what is around it away, then eat the rest.

Ibn Abbas reported from Maimunah that the Prophet was asked about a mouse that had fallen into solid ghee. He said: Take it and what is around it, and throw them away.

Ibn Abbas reported from Maimunah that the Prophet was asked about a mouse falling into ghee. He said: If it is solid, throw it and what is around it away; if it is liquid, do not go near it.

Ibn Abbas said: I heard Saeed ibn Jubayr say that the Messenger of Allah passed by a dead goat and said: Why did its owners not make use of its hide?