Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Once the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) passed by a dead goat and said: "Why do you not make use of its skin?" The people said: O Messenger of Allah! It is dead. The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Its flesh is forbidden to eat." The narrator named Aqil added these words in his narration: "Can it not be purified by water and tanning?" In the narration of Ibn Hani, the words are: "Can it not be purified by water and the bark of the acacia tree?"

This narration is also transmitted with another chain, however, the narrator named Aqil has additionally reported these words in his narration: "The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Can it not be purified by tanning it with water and the bark of the acacia tree?"

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Once the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) passed by a dead goat. He inquired: "Whose is this?" The people replied: "It was given as charity to the slave woman of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her)." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "Why did they not skin it, tan its hide, and benefit from it?" The people said: "It is dead." The Prophet (peace be upon him) said: "It is forbidden to eat the dead (animal)."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Once the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by the pet goat of one of his noble wives, which had died. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why do you not make use of its skin?" The people said: O Messenger of Allah! It is dead. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "It becomes pure through tanning." In the narration transmitted by Ibn Sa'id, there is some difference in wording (i.e., instead of the detached feminine singular pronoun, the attached masculine singular pronoun is transmitted).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates this statement of the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him): "Its meat is forbidden, its skin can be purified through tanning."

The same narration is transmitted from Zuhri with another chain, in which these words are present: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Its meat has been declared unlawful for you, and its skin has been permitted (for use)." The chain of this hadith is "sahih" (authentic).

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to the owner of a dead goat, "Why did you not remove its skin? You could have tanned it and benefited from it."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Once, the pet goat of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) died, so the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why do you not make use of its skin? Tan it, for in this way it becomes purified."

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The way to purify a dead animal's skin is to tan it." Ibrahim Nakha'i states: The students of Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "The way to purify wool is to wash it."

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Its tanning is its purification." This narration is also transmitted with another chain of transmission.