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ذِكْرُ الْأَمْرِ بِالِانْتِفَاعِ بِجُلُودِ الْمَيْتَةِ إِذَا دُبِغَتْ

ibnhibban:1282ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-Walīd b. Muslim > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a dead sheep and said, "Why don't you benefit from its skin?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is dead." He said, "Only its meat is forbidden."  

ابن حبّان:١٢٨٢أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشَاةٍ مَيْتَةٍ قَالَ «هَلَّا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِجِلْدِهَا؟ » قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا حُرِّمَ أَكْلُهَا»  


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Collected by Bukhārī, Muslim, Nasāʾī, Mālik, Aḥmad, Dārimī, Ibn Ḥibbān, 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:1492Saʿīd b. ʿUfayr > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbiās

The Prophet ﷺ saw a dead sheep which had been given in charity to a freed slave-girl of Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said, "Why don't you get the benefit of its hide?" They said, "It is dead." He replied, "Only to eat (its meat) is illegal."  

البخاري:١٤٩٢حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبِّاسٍ ؓ قَالَ

وَجَدَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ شَاةً مَيِّتَةً أُعْطِيَتْهَا مَوْلاَةٌ لِمَيْمُونَةَ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ هَلاَّ انْتَفَعْتُمْ بِجِلْدِهَا قَالُوا إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ 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  

muslim:363bAbū al-Ṭāhir And Ḥarmalah > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a dead goat, which had been given in charity to the freed slave-girl of Maimuna. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Why don't you make use of its skin? They (the Companions around the Holy Prophet) said: It is dead. Upon this he said: It is the eating (of the dead animal) which is prohibited.  

مسلم:٣٦٣bوَحَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الطَّاهِرِ وَحَرْمَلَةُ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَدَ شَاةً مَيْتَةً أُعْطِيَتْهَا مَوْلاَةٌ لِمَيْمُونَةَ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ هَلاَّ انْتَفَعْتُمْ بِجِلْدِهَا قَالُوا إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ فَقَالَ إِنَّمَا حَرُمَ أَكْلُهَا  

nasai:4235Muḥammad b. Salamah And al-Ḥārith b. Miskīn > Ibn al-Qāsim > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

"The Messenger of Allah passed by a dead sheep that he had given to a freed slave woman of Maimunah, the wife of the Prophet. He said: 'Why don't you make use of its hide?' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, it is dead meat.' The Messenger of Allah said: 'It is only forbidden to eat it."  

النسائي:٤٢٣٥أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ وَالْحَارِثُ بْنُ مِسْكِينٍ قِرَاءَةً عَلَيْهِ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَاسِمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي مَالِكٌ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشَاةٍ مَيِّتَةٍ كَانَ أَعْطَاهَا مَوْلاَةً لِمَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ هَلاَّ انْتَفَعْتُمْ بِجِلْدِهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا حُرِّمَ أَكْلُهَا  

malik:25-16Yaḥyá > Mālik > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿUtbah b. Masʿūd > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbbās

Yahya related to me from Malik from Ibn Shihab from Ubaydullah ibn Abdullah ibn Utba ibn Masud that Abdullah ibn Abbas said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a dead sheep which had been given to a mawla of his wife, Maimuna. He said, ' Aren't you going to use its skin?' They said, 'Messenger of Allah, but it is carrion. 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Only eating it is haram.' "  

مالك:٢٥-١٦حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى عَنْ مَالِكٍ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ بِشَاةٍ مَيِّتَةٍ كَانَ أَعْطَاهَا مَوْلاَةً لِمَيْمُونَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَفَلاَ انْتَفَعْتُمْ بِجِلْدِهَا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا حُرِّمَ 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  

ahmad:3051Muḥammad b. Muṣʿab > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a dead sheep and said, "Did you not benefit from its skin?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, indeed it is dead." He said, "Indeed, its consumption is forbidden."  

أحمد:٣٠٥١حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُصْعَبٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِشَاةٍ مَيْتَةٍ فَقَالَ أَلا اسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِجِلْدِهَا؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ قَالَ 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»  

ذِكْرُ إِبَاحَةِ الِانْتِفَاعِ بِجُلُودِ الْمَيْتَةِ الَّتِي تَحِلُّ بِالذَّكَاةِ إِذَا دُبِغَتْ

ibnhibban:1284Ibn Qutaybah > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > Yūnus > Ibn Shihāb > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

The Prophet ﷺ saw a dead sheep which had been given in charity to a freed slave-girl of Maimuna, the wife of the Prophet ﷺ . The Prophet ﷺ said, "Why don't you get the benefit of its hide?" They said, "It is dead." He replied, "Only to eat (its meat) is illegal." (Using translation from Bukhārī 1492)  

ابن حبّان:١٢٨٤أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ قُتَيْبَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَجَدَ شَاةً مَيْتَةً أُعْطِيَتْهَا مَوْلَاةٌ لِمَيْمُونَةَ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «هَلَّا انْتَفَعْتُمْ بِجِلْدِهَا؟ » قَالُوا إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ ‍ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا حُرِّمَ أَكْلُهَا»  

tabarani:20436Abū ʿĀmir Muḥammad b. Ibrāhīm al-Naḥwī al-Ṣūrī > Sulaymān b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman al-Dimashqī > Shuʿayb b. Isḥāq > al-Awzāʿī > al-Zuhrī > ʿUbaydullāh b. ʿAbdullāh > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by a dead sheep and said, "Can you not benefit from its skin?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah, it is dead." He said, "Only its eating is prohibited."  

الطبراني:٢٠٤٣٦حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَامِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ النَّحْوِيُّ الصُّورِيُّ ثنا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثنا شُعَيْبُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ثنا الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِشَاةٍ مَيْتَةٍ فَقَالَ «هَلَّا انْتَفَعْتُمْ بِجِلْدِهَا» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا حَرُمَ أَكْلُهَا»  

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