Ruling on Praying on Hides

Hazrat Abu Aun says that the Holy Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) offered prayer on tanned leather.

Hazrat Sha'bi says that Hazrat Masruq would tan the hide of an animal, make a prayer mat from it, and would pray on it.

Ibrahim says that Hazrat Alqamah would tan the hide of an animal, make a prayer mat from it, and would pray on it.

Ibrahim states that Hazrat Aswad and his students considered it undesirable to pray on a hide.

Hazrat Hilal bin Khabbab narrates that I met Hazrat Abdur Rahman bin Aswad in Mada'in; he was praying in his room on a sheepskin, and its wool was touching his feet.