Some shoes are made from the skins of wild beasts; is it permissible to wear them, and is it permissible to wipe over them?
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The questioner : Some shoes are made from the skins of wild beasts.
The Shaykh : Made?
The questioner : From the skins of wild beasts.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Like tigers, for example; is it permissible to wipe over them according to the view that they become pure through tanning?
The Shaykh : This person is asking, saying: Some shoes, or some leather socks, right?
The questioner : This and that.
The Shaykh : No, you do not wipe over shoes at all, even if they are made from camel skin, such as sandals. But if they are leather socks, then according to the view of those who say that skin becomes pure through tanning, even if it is from an animal that is not eaten, it is permissible to wear them, pray in them, and wipe over them.
And according to the second view, which says that skin does not become pure through tanning unless it is from an animal that becomes pure through ritual slaughter, then it is not permissible to wear these, nor to pray in them.
The Shaykh : Made?
The questioner : From the skins of wild beasts.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : Like tigers, for example; is it permissible to wipe over them according to the view that they become pure through tanning?
The Shaykh : This person is asking, saying: Some shoes, or some leather socks, right?
The questioner : This and that.
The Shaykh : No, you do not wipe over shoes at all, even if they are made from camel skin, such as sandals. But if they are leather socks, then according to the view of those who say that skin becomes pure through tanning, even if it is from an animal that is not eaten, it is permissible to wear them, pray in them, and wipe over them.
And according to the second view, which says that skin does not become pure through tanning unless it is from an animal that becomes pure through ritual slaughter, then it is not permissible to wear these, nor to pray in them.