Hadith 4120
Ibn Abbas said - (Musaddad and Wahb transmitted from Maimunah) Maimunah said: A sheep was given in alms to a female client of ours, but it died. The Prophet ﷺ passed it and said: Why did you not tan its skin and get some good out of it ? They replied: Messenger of Allah, it died a natural death. He said: It is only the eating of it that is prohibited.
Hadith 4121
حَدَّثَنَا
مُسَدَّدٌ ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَزِيدُ ، حَدَّثَنَا
مَعْمَرٌ ، عَنِ
الزُّهْرِيِّ بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ لَمْ يَذْكُرْ مَيْمُونَةَ قَالَ : فَقَالَ : أَلَا انْتَفَعْتُمْ بِإِهَابِهَا ، ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ مَعْنَاهُ لَمْ يَذْكُرِ الدِّبَاغَ .
The tradition mentioned above has also been transmitted by al-Zuhri who did not mention Maimunah. This version has: He said: Why did you not make use of it ? He then mentioned the rest of the tradition to the same effect but did not mention tanning.
Hadith 4122
حَدَّثَنَا
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى بْنِ فَارِسٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ ، قَالَ : قَالَ
مَعْمَرٌ وَكَانَ
الزُّهْرِيُّ " يُنْكِرُ الدِّبَاغَ وَيَقُولُ : يُسْتَمْتَعُ بِهِ عَلَى كُلِّ حَالٍ " ، قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد : لَمْ يَذْكُرْ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ ، وَيُونُسُ ، وَعُقَيْلٌ فِي حَدِيثِ الزُّهْرِيِّ الدِّبَاغَ ، وَذَكَرَهُ الزُّبَيْدِيُّ ، وَسَعِيدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ، وَحَفْصُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ذَكَرُوا الدِّبَاغَ .
Mamar said: Al-Zuhri used to deny tanning and say: Some good can be got out of it in any condition Abu Dawud said: Al-Auzai, Yunus and 'Uqail did not mention tanning. al-Zubaidi, Saeed bin Abd al-Aziz and Hafs bin Abd al-Aziz mentioned tanning.
Hadith 4123
Narrated Ibn Abbas: That he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: When a skin is tanned, it is pure.
Hadith 4124
Narrated Aishah, Ummul Muminin: The Prophet ﷺ ordered that the skins of the animals which had died a natural death should be used when they are tanned.
Hadith 4125
Narrated Salamah ibn al-Muhabbaq: On the expedition of Tabuk the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came to a household and, seeing a bucket hanging, asked for water. They said: Messenger of Allah, the animal died a natural death. He replied; Its tanning is its purification.
Hadith 4126
حَدَّثَنَا
أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
ابْنُ وَهْبٍ ، أَخْبَرَنِي
عَمْرٌو يَعْنِي ابْنَ الْحَارِثِ ، عَنْ
كَثِيرِ بْنِ فَرْقَدٍ ، عَنْ
عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ مَالِكِ بْنِ حُذَافَةَ حَدَّثَهُ ،عَنْ
أُمِّهِ الْعَالِيَةِ بِنْتِ سُبَيْعٍ ، أَنَّهَا قَالَتْ : كَانَ لِي غَنَمٌ بِأُحُدٍ فَوَقَعَ فِيهَا الْمَوْتُ ، فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى مَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَذَكَرْتُ ذَلِكَ لَهَا ، فَقَالَتْ لِي
مَيْمُونَةُ : لَوَ أَخَذْتِ جُلُودَهَا فَانْتَفَعْتِ بِهَا ، فَقَالَتْ : أَوَ يَحِلُّ ذَلِكَ ؟ قَالَتْ : نَعَمْ ، مَرَّ عَلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رِجَالٌ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ يَجُرُّونَ شَاةً لَهُمْ مِثْلَ الْحِمَارِ ، فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " لَوْ أَخَذْتُمْ إِهَابَهَا ، قَالُوا : إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ ، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : يُطَهِّرُهَا الْمَاءُ وَالْقَرَظُ " .
Al-Aliyah, daughter of Subay', said: I had some sheep at Uhud, and they began to die. I then entered upon Maymunah, wife of the Prophet ﷺ, and mentioned it to her. Maymunah said to me: If you took their skins and made use of them, (that would be better for you). She asked: Is that lawful? She replied, Yes. Some people of the Quraysh passed by the Messenger of Allah ﷺ dragging a sheep of theirs as big as an ass. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to them: Would that you took its skin. They said: It died a natural death. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Water and leaves of the mimosa flava purify it.