What is the ruling on purchasing women’s handbags and shoes made from crocodile or snake skins?

The questioner : Yes. Shaykh, may Allah reward you with Paradise. Nowadays, many very expensive and luxurious shoes are made from crocodile skins or snake skins. Yes. This is widespread now. We find women’s handbags, this type of handbag, yes, the small ones, and you find them made of crocodile skin or skin.

The Shaykh : Is it not from fish?

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : May Allah protect you. Allah.

The questioner : You can say it is a freshwater crocodile, no, it lives in the river, it lives in the river but breathes outside the water, it does not breathe inside it, likewise snakes, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : Now, and some soldiers, what is it called?

The Shaykh : The important thing is that this is based on the statement that tanning purifies every skin.

The questioner : Okay, so if you want to buy imported shoes from the soldiers, you must ask about them?

The Shaykh : No, do not ask, do not ask, the default is permissibility, unless you see what is predominant in appearance is from impure skins, then do not buy.