The ruling on using the skins of snakes, crocodiles, wild beasts, and tigers in the making of shoes

The questioner:
The third question. May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh. Regarding the skin of snakes and crocodiles, using them for shoes, O Shaykh?

The Shaykh:
There is scholarly disagreement on this. It is better to leave them alone. Buy sandals when you know their condition.

The questioner:
No, a person asked me about selling them, O Shaykh.

The Shaykh:
Buy sandals whose condition you know to be good, or whose condition you do not know.

The questioner:
I say, a person asked me about selling them.

The Shaykh:
Leaving them alone is safer.

The questioner:
Leaving them alone is safer, and the same applies to tigers and all wild beasts; leaving them alone is safer.

The Shaykh:
It is an animal whose meat is not eaten, but the matter is easy, meaning.

The questioner:
The matter is broader.

The Shaykh:
As long as the use covers them or something is easy, but leaving them and using what is permissible is better.

The presenter:
Even if they are wild beasts. May Allah record your reward and magnify your reward, O Shaykh. On Thursday, the thirteenth of Ramadan, in the year 1419 AH.