Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ukeem (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote us this letter one month before his passing, in which it was written: "Do not benefit from the hide and tendons of a dead animal."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ukeem Juhani رضي الله عنه narrates: The letter of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم was read out to us. At that time, we were in the land of Juhainah. (It was written in it:) "Do not benefit from the skin or tendons of a dead animal."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ukeem (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Our elders from the tribe of Juhaina informed us of this matter, that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) wrote to those people in a letter: "Do not benefit from anything of a dead animal." (Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) In the narration, the words "our elders from the tribe of Juhaina informed us of this matter" have caused many people to misunderstand that this narration is not connected, whereas we have already explained in our books that sometimes the Companions, even in the presence of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him), would hear something from him and then hear the same thing from someone who was of higher rank than that Companion, and would attribute it to the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) through that person. So sometimes they would narrate a report in which they themselves were present, and sometimes they would narrate it from the person from whom they heard it. Have you not considered that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) was also present when Sayyiduna Jibreel asked the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) about faith? Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar also heard this narration from Sayyiduna Umar bin Khattab, so once he narrated the report in which he himself was present, and another time he narrated it as a report he heard from his father. Similarly, Abdullah bin Ukeem was also present at the time of the Prophet Muhammad's (peace and blessings be upon him) letter, when it was read out before those people in the tribe of Juhaina, and he also heard the elders of the tribe of Juhaina mention this matter, so once he narrated the report in which he was present, and another time he narrated what he had heard. Therefore, there is no break in this narration. The words of the narration transmitted by Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Ukeem, "Do not benefit from the skin or sinew of a dead animal," mean that you should not do so before tanning. The evidence for this being correct is the statement of the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him): "Any skin that is tanned becomes pure."

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: One of the noble wives of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had a goat that died. When the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to her, she informed him about it. The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Why do you not benefit from its skin? She said: O Messenger of Allah! Is it permissible to use the skin of a dead animal? The narrator says: The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited this verse: "Say, I do not find within that which was revealed to me [anything] forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal..." He recited the verse to its end (then he said): People are not eating it. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Then that woman sent the skin, it was tanned, and a water bag was made from its skin. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: I saw that water bag even after a year.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyidah Sawdah bint Zam’ah (may Allah be pleased with her) had a goat that died. She said: O Messenger of Allah! So-and-so has died, meaning the goat. The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: Why do you not take its skin? She said: Should we take the skin of a goat that has died? The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: (Allah Almighty) has said: "Say: I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden..." until the end of the verse. (Then the Prophet, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said:) There is no harm in it; tan its skin and benefit from it. The narrator says: Then we sent it to that woman, so she tanned its skin and made a water bag from it until it wore out.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a dead goat and said: Why do you not benefit from its skin? The people said: O Messenger of Allah! It is dead. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Its consumption has been declared unlawful.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates: The noble wife of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her), informed me of this: One of her goats died, so the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Why do you not tan its skin and benefit from it?

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) found a dead goat that had been given in charity to the slave woman of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her). The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: Why do you not benefit from its skin? The people said: It is dead. The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: It has been made unlawful to eat it.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates: Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) relates this incident. Once, the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by a dead goat that had been given to the slave girl of Sayyidah Maymunah (may Allah be pleased with her) as charity. He said: Why did they not take its skin, tan it, and benefit from it? The people said: O Messenger of Allah! It is dead. The Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It has been made unlawful to eat it.

Lady Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her) narrates: The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) commanded that the skin of a dead animal may be used after tanning.