Are leather or other halal animal skins halal for use as a prayer mat?
Question
Are leather or other halal animal skins halal for use as a prayer mat? Mainly for thier durability and long lasting usage.
Answer
In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.
As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.
Leather from the skin of any animal, with the exception of the skin of human beings and pigs becomes pure upon tanning. It is permissible to use such tanned skin as a prayer mat.[1]
And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best
Muhammad Haris Siddiqui
Student Darul Iftaa
Australia
Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.
References (Arabic / Urdu sources)
[1] قال و كل إهاب دبغ فقد طهر و جازت الصلاة فيه، و الوضوء منه إلا جلد الخنزير و الآدمي (الهداية شرح بداية المبتدي 1\146)
و كل إهاب دبغ: فقد طهر، إلا جلد الخنزير، و الآدمي (كنز الدقائق 142)
فالدباغ تطهير للجلود كلها إلا جلد الإنسان والخنزير (كتاب بدائع الصنائع في ترتيب الشرائع 1\85)
و كل إهاب دبغ و هو يحتملها طهر (الدر المختار 1\203)
- Answered by
- Muhammad Haris Siddiqui
- Checked & approved by
- Mufti Ebrahim Desai
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