with this wording. Al-Tirmidhī said: “This is a good and authentic hadith.”

25—(Ibn ‘Abbās said: “A sheep was given in charity to a freedwoman of Maymūnah—the Mother of the Believers—but it died. The Messenger of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, passed by it and said: ‘Why did you not take its hide—its skin—tan it, and make use of it?’ They replied: ‘It is carrion!’ He, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, said: ‘Only eating it has been forbidden.’” Narrated by the major hadith compilers except Ibn Mājah). p. 50

Authentic. It was narrated in abridged form by al-Bukhārī (4/17), Muslim (1/190), Abū Dāwūd (4120), al-Nasā’ī (2/190), and al-Tirmidhī (1/322), and in full by Mālik (2/498/16), as well as al-Dārimī (2/86) and Ahmad (1/261–262, 327, 365), through Ibn ‘Abbās. Al-Tirmidhī said: “This is a good and authentic hadith.” Muslim and Ahmad also narrated it through other chains from Ibn ‘Abbās in abridged form with similar wording. It also has corroborating narrations, some of which will be mentioned later in this book.

26—(Hadith: “Tanning a hide—its skin—is equivalent to ritually slaughtering it.” Narrated by Abū Dāwūd and al-Nasā’ī). p. 50

Authentic. It was narrated by Abū Dāwūd (4125), al-Nasā’ī (2/191), al-Dāraqutnī (p. 17), al-Hākim (4/141), and Ahmad as well (3/476), through Qatādah, from al-Hasan, from Jawn ibn Qatādah, from Salamah ibn al-Muhabbaq:

“During the campaign of Tabūk, the Prophet of Allah, may Allah’s blessings and peace be upon him, asked a woman for water. She said: ‘I have only a waterskin made from the hide of a dead animal.’ He asked: ‘Have you not tanned it?’ She replied: ‘Yes.’ He said: ‘Then tanning it is equivalent to ritually slaughtering it.’” This is al-Nasā’ī’s wording. Abū Dāwūd’s wording is: “Tanning it renders it pure.” Ahmad added: