Question: Is it permissible to use
items made from pig-skin such as shoes for example .
Answer: Yes, it is permissible to
use items made from pigskin. Only eating pork is prohibited.
We know that the meat of a dead animal
is prohibited. Once the Prophet (sws) saw a dead goat rotting at a place.
He expressed his wonder and remarked that eating such an animal is definitely
prohibited, but using it for some other purpose like tanning its hide for
use is perfectly allowed:
A goat was given in charity to Maymu#nah’s
maid. The goat died. [It so happened that] the Prophet (sws) passed
by. [Seeing the dead goat], he said: Would that you had taken its hide,
tanned it and then made use of it. People said: It is a dead animal. At
this the Prophet declared: Only eating it is forbidden. (Muslim, Kita#bu’l-Hayd@)
The Prophet’ wife Sawdah reports:
One of our goats died. We tanned its hide. Then we used
it for storing nabi#dh* in it until
it became a [hard] drinking vessel. (Bukha#ri#,
Kita#bu’l-Ima#n)
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