Abdur Rahman bin Wahla (may Allah have mercy on him) said to Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them): "Indeed, when we go for jihad, leather and water skins are brought to us." He replied: "I do not understand what I should say to you, but I have heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: 'Any leather that is tanned, indeed, it becomes pure.'"

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Permission has been given to benefit from the skins of dead animals, provided that they are tanned."

It is also narrated from Sayyidah Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) was asked about the skins of dead animals. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Tanning them is their purification."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the wife of the Messenger, Sayyidah Sawdah bint Zam’ah (may Allah be pleased with her), said:“One of our goats died, so we tanned its skin and kept making nabidh in it until it became worn out.”

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Salamah bin Muhabbaq (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a house, and there was a water skin hanging in the courtyard of that house. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) asked for water, but it was said that it was made from the skin of a dead animal. Upon hearing this, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Purifying the skin is to tan it." In another narration: "To tan it is to purify it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mughirah bin Shu’bah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) asked me for water, so I went into a tent, in which there was a Bedouin woman. I said to her:“This is the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he wants water for ablution, so do you have any water?”She said:“May my parents be sacrificed for the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! By Allah, neither has the sky shaded a soul more beloved and honored to me than the soul of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), nor has the earth carried such a soul. But the thing is, this water skin is made from the hide of a dead animal, and I would not like to make the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) impure through it.”So I returned to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and informed him of this. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said:“Go back to her, if she has tanned it, then that is what purifies it.”So I returned to her and conveyed this instruction. She said:“Yes, by Allah! I have tanned it.”So I brought the water to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). That day, he (peace and blessings be upon him) was wearing a Syrian cloak with adornment, two leather socks, and a turban. Because the sleeves were tight, he (peace and blessings be upon him) brought his hands out from under the cloak, then he performed ablution and wiped over the turban and the socks.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said regarding the skin of a dead animal: "Indeed, its tanning removes its impurity."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the pet goat of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) died. So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Why did you not benefit from its skin? Why did you not tan it? For indeed, that is its purification."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the wife of the Messenger, Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), states that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by her slave-girl near a dead goat. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Only its eating is forbidden." Imam Sufyan (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I have heard the words "Only its eating is forbidden" only from Imam Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him). My father (Imam Ahmad, may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sufyan narrated the hadith twice through the chain of Maymunah.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a dead goat. He (peace be upon him) said: "Why did you not benefit from its skin?" They said: "O Messenger of Allah! Indeed, it is dead." He (peace be upon him) said: "Only its eating is forbidden."