The ruling on eating the skin of an animal whose meat is eaten, if it has been slaughtered
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to eat the skin of an animal whose meat is eaten if it is slaughtered before its death?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is it permissible to eat the skin of an animal whose meat is eaten if it is slaughtered before its death?
The Shaykh:
Slaughtered before its death. I do not know of this. The skin is not eaten; the meat is eaten. As for the skin, no one eats the skin except in times of famine; in famine, they eat the skin.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is it permissible to eat the skin of an animal whose meat is eaten if it is slaughtered before its death?
The Shaykh:
Yes.
The questioner:
Is it permissible to eat the skin of an animal whose meat is eaten if it is slaughtered before its death?
The Shaykh:
Slaughtered before its death. I do not know of this. The skin is not eaten; the meat is eaten. As for the skin, no one eats the skin except in times of famine; in famine, they eat the skin.
Source
شرح كتاب المنتقى من أخبار المصطفى صلى الله عليه وسلم، بداية من باب نجاسة لحم الحيوان الذي لا يؤكل إذا ذبح — islamhouse.com (1:04:27)
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