What is the criterion for using skins, whether they are from animals whose meat is eaten or not?
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The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh: What is the criterion for using skins, whether they are from animals whose meat is eaten or not?
The Shaykh : In what?
The questioner : In using skins, whether these are skins from animals whose meat is eaten or not, and whether they are tanned or not?
The Shaykh : As for the skins of animals slaughtered in a lawful manner, they are pure, because they have become pure through the slaughter, such as the skins of camels, cows, sheep, gazelles, rabbits, and others, whether tanned or not. As for the skins of animals whose meat is not eaten, such as the skins of dogs, wolves, lions, elephants, and the like, they are impure, whether slaughtered, died naturally, or killed, because even if slaughtered, they are not lawful and do not become pure; thus, they are impure, whether tanned or not, according to the stronger opinion. The stronger opinion is that impure skins do not become pure through tanning if they are from an animal that slaughter does not make lawful. As for the skins of carrion from animals that are slaughtered lawfully, they become pure when tanned, and before tanning, they are impure. Thus, skins are now divided into three categories:
The first category: pure, whether tanned or not, and these are the skins of what? The skins of slaughtered animals whose meat is eaten.
The second: skins that do not become pure, neither after tanning nor before tanning, but are impure, and these are the skins of animals whose meat is not eaten.
The third: skins that become pure after tanning but do not become pure before it, and these are the skins of carrion if they are from animals that slaughter makes lawful.
The questioner : In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
May Allah preserve you, O Shaykh: What is the criterion for using skins, whether they are from animals whose meat is eaten or not?
The Shaykh : In what?
The questioner : In using skins, whether these are skins from animals whose meat is eaten or not, and whether they are tanned or not?
The Shaykh : As for the skins of animals slaughtered in a lawful manner, they are pure, because they have become pure through the slaughter, such as the skins of camels, cows, sheep, gazelles, rabbits, and others, whether tanned or not. As for the skins of animals whose meat is not eaten, such as the skins of dogs, wolves, lions, elephants, and the like, they are impure, whether slaughtered, died naturally, or killed, because even if slaughtered, they are not lawful and do not become pure; thus, they are impure, whether tanned or not, according to the stronger opinion. The stronger opinion is that impure skins do not become pure through tanning if they are from an animal that slaughter does not make lawful. As for the skins of carrion from animals that are slaughtered lawfully, they become pure when tanned, and before tanning, they are impure. Thus, skins are now divided into three categories:
The first category: pure, whether tanned or not, and these are the skins of what? The skins of slaughtered animals whose meat is eaten.
The second: skins that do not become pure, neither after tanning nor before tanning, but are impure, and these are the skins of animals whose meat is not eaten.
The third: skins that become pure after tanning but do not become pure before it, and these are the skins of carrion if they are from animals that slaughter makes lawful.