“There came to us a letter from the Prophet ﷺ (saying): ‘No not make use of the untanned skin and sinew of dead animals.’” (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 3613)   

قُرِئَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ لَا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ  

The letter of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ was read out to us in the territory of Juhaynah when I was a young boy: Do not make use of the skin or sinew of an animal which died a natural death. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4127)   

قُرِئَ عَلَيْنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بِأَرْضِ جُهَيْنَةَ وَأَنَا غُلَامٌ شَابٌّ أَنْ لَا تَسْتَمْتِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ  

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ wrote to Juhaynah a month before his death, saying, "Do not benefit from carrion through fear or pride." The scholar said, may Allah have mercy on him, "It has been said about this hadith from another perspective that it was before his death by forty days, and it was said by Abdullah ibn Umayah that he said, 'Our Mashayakh has informed us from Juhaynah that the Prophet ﷺ wrote to them, and that is mentioned if Allah wills."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَى جُهَيْنَةَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِشَهْرٍ أَلَّا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ قَالَ الشَّيْخُ رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى وَقَدْ قِيلَ فِي هَذَا الْحَدِيثِ مِنْ وَجْهٍ آخَرَ قَبْلَ وَفَاتِهِ بِأَرْبَعِينَ يَوْمًا وَقِيلَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مَشْيَخَةٌ لَنَا مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَتَبَ إِلَيْهِمْ وَذَلِكَ يَرِدُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللهُ تَعَالَى  

[Machine] Abu Zakariya, meaning Yahya ibn Ma'in, said that the hadith of Abdullah ibn Umar came to us in the form of a book from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stating that you should not benefit from carrion through intimidation or connection in the hadith of trustworthy people. Our companions have informed us that the Prophet ﷺ wrote (the hadith) that you should not benefit (from carrion). The Sheikh, meaning Abu Zakariya, may Allah have mercy on him, explains this narration and it is understood by us based on what was mentioned before the prohibition of eating carrion due to evidence that is stronger than it in the chapters that follow.  

قَالَ أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا يَعْنى يَحْيَى بْنَ مَعِينٍ حَدِيثُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عُكَيْمٍ جَاءَنَا كِتَابُ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَلَّا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنَ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ فِي حَدِيثِ ثِقَاتِ النَّاسِ حَدَّثَنَا أَصْحَابُنَا أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ كَتَبَ أَلَّا تَنْتَفِعُوا قَالَ الشَّيْخُ يَعْنِي بِهِ أَبُو زَكَرِيَّا رَحِمَهُ اللهُ تَعْلِيلَ الْحَدِيثِ بِذَلِكَ وَهُوَ مَحْمُولٌ عِنْدَنَا عَلَى مَا قَبْلَ الدَّبْغِ بِدَلِيلِ مَا هُوَ أَصَحُّ مِنْهُ فِي الْأَبْوَابِ الَّتِي تَلِيهِ