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ahmad:3521Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAṭāʾ from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās Mātat Shāh Limaymūnah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ asked, "Have you enjoyed its hide?" They replied, "It is a dead animal." He said, "The tanning of its skin makes it pure."  

أحمد:٣٥٢١حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحٌ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَاتَتْ شَاةٌ لِمَيْمُونَةَ فَقَالَ

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِإِهَابِهَا؟ فَقَالُوا إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّ دِبَاغَ الْأَدِيمِ طُهُورُهُ  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ṭabarānī, Bayhaqī
bukhari:2221Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

Once Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a dead sheep and said to the people, "Wouldn't you benefit by its skin?" The people replied that it was dead. The Prophet ﷺ said, "But its eating only is illegal."  

البخاري:٢٢٢١حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشَاةٍ مَيِّتَةٍ فَقَالَ هَلاَّ اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِإِهَابِهَا قَالُوا إِنَّهَا مَيِّتَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّمَا حَرُمَ أَكْلُهَا  

bukhari:5531Zuhayr b. Ḥarb > Yaʿqūb b. Ibrāhīm from my father > Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

Once Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a dead sheep and said (to the people), "Why don't you use its hide?" They said, "But it is dead," He said, "Only eating it, is prohibited."  

البخاري:٥٥٣١حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرُ بْنُ حَرْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشَاةٍ مَيِّتَةٍ فَقَالَ هَلاَّ اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِإِهَابِهَا قَالُوا إِنَّهَا مَيِّتَةٌ قَالَ إِنَّمَا حَرُمَ أَكْلُهَا  

ahmad:2369Yaʿqūb from my father > Ṣāliḥ > And Ḥaddath Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

Once Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a dead sheep and said to the people, "Wouldn't you benefit by its skin?" The people replied that it was dead. The Prophet ﷺ said, "But its eating only is illegal." (Using translation from Bukhārī 2221)  

أحمد:٢٣٦٩حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي عَنْ صَالِحٍ قَالَ وَحَدَّثَ ابْنُ شِهَابٍ أَنَّ عُبَيْدَ اللهِ بْنَ عَبْدِ اللهِ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ ابْنَ عَبَّاسٍ

أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشَاةٍ مَيْتَةٍ فَقَالَ هَلااسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِإِهَابِهَا؟ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا حَرُمَ أَكْلُهَا  

darimi:2031Yaḥyá b. Ḥassān > Sufyān b. ʿUyaynah > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās > Mātat Shāh Limaymūnah

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Would you like to benefit from its skin?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is a dead animal (carcass)." He replied, "Its consumption is only forbidden."  

الدارمي:٢٠٣١حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَسَّانَ حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ بْنُ عُيَيْنَةَ عَنْ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنْ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَاتَتْ شَاةٌ لِمَيْمُونَةَ فَقَالَ

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «لَوِ اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِإِهَابِهَا؟» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا حُرِّمَ أَكْلُهَا»  

tabarani:20432ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Rawḥ b. ʿUbādah > Shuʿbah > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAṭāʾ from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās > Mātat Shāh Limaymūnah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Didn't you tan it? Wouldn't you have benefited from it?" They replied, "It is a dead animal." He said, "Indeed, its tanning purifies it."  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٣٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا رَوْحُ بْنُ عُبَادَةَ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَاتَتْ شَاةٌ لِمَيْمُونَةَ فَقَالَ

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَلَا دَبَغْتُمْ هَلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهَا؟» فَقَالُوا إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ قَالَ «إِنَّ دِبَاغَ الْأَدِيمِ طُهُورِهُ»  

tabarani:11411ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal from my father > Rawḥ > Shuʿbah > Yaʿqūb b. ʿAṭāʾ from his father > Ibn ʿAbbās > Mātat Shāh Limaymūnah

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Did you enjoy it?" They said, "Indeed, it is a dead animal." He said, "Verily, the tanning of its skin is its purification."  

الطبراني:١١٤١١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي ثنا رَوْحٌ ثنا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ يَعْقُوبَ بْنِ عَطَاءٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَاتَتْ شَاةٌ لِمَيْمُونَةَ فَقَالَ

النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «هَلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهَا؟» قَالُوا إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ قَالَ «إِنَّ دِبَاغَ الْأَدِيمِ طُهُورُهُ»  

bayhaqi:64al-Faqīh Abū Bakr Aḥmad b. Muḥammad al-Ḥārithī > Abū al-Ḥasan ʿAlī b. ʿUmar al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū Bakr al-Naysābūrī > Ibrāhīm b. Hāniʾ > ʿAmr b. al-Rabīʿ b. Ṭāriq > Yaḥyá b. Ayyūb > Yūnus And ʿAqīl > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ passed by a dead sheep and said, "Why didn't you benefit from its hide?" They replied, "O Messenger of Allah, it is dead." He said, "Its meat is only prohibited due to the contamination of an (animal) that urinates or (an animal) that drinks dirty water."  

البيهقي:٦٤أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَقِيهُ أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ أنا أَبُو الْحَسَنِ عَلِيُّ بْنُ عُمَرَ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو بَكْرٍ النَّيْسَابُورِيُّ ثنا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ هَانِئٍ ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ يُونُسَ وَعَقِيلٍ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشَاةٍ مَيِّتَةٍ فَقَالَ هَلَّا انْتَفَعْتُمْ بِإِهَابِهَا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ؟ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا حُرِّمَ أَكْلُهَا زَادَ عَقِيلٌ أَوَلَيْسَ فِي الْمَاءِ وَالْقَرَظِ مَا يُطَهِّرُهَا