Arabic (Original)
Ḥadīth | Ṭabarānī (الطبراني) tabarani:11765 حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ ثنا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ عَنْ سِمَاكِ بْنِ حَرْبٍ عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ مَاتَتْ شَاةٌ لِسَوْدَةَ بِنْتِ زَمْعَةَ فَقَالَتْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَاتَتْ فُلَانَةُ يَعْنِي الشَّاةَ فَقَالَ «أَلَا أَخَذْتُمْ مَسْكَهَا» فَقَالُوا أنَأْخُذُ مَسْكَ شَاةٍ قَدْ مَاتَتْ؟ فَقَالَ لَهَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّمَا قَالَ {قُلْ لَا أَجِدُ فِيمَا أُوحِيَ إِلَيَّ مُحَرَّمًا عَلَى طَاعِمٍ يَطْعَمُهُ إِلَّا أَنْ يَكُونَ مَيْتَةً أَوْ دَمًا مَسْفُوحًا أَوْ لَحْمَ خِنْزِيرٍ} إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَطْعَمُونَهُ إِنَّمَا تَدْبُغُونَهُ فَتَنْتَفِعُونَ بِهِ فَأَرْسَلَتْ إِلَيْهَا فَسَلَخَتْ مَسْكَهَا فَدَبَغَتْهُ فَاتَّخَذَتْ مِنْهُ قِرْبَةً حَتَّى تَخَرَّقَتْ عِنْدَهَا
English Translation
Ibn Abbas said: A sheep belonging to Sawdah bint Zam'ah died. She said: 'O Messenger of Allah, such-and-such has died' - meaning the sheep. He said: 'Why did you not take its skin?' They said: 'Shall we take the skin of a sheep that has died?' The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said to her: 'Allah only said: {Say: I do not find in what has been revealed to me anything forbidden to one who would eat it unless it be a dead animal or blood poured forth or the flesh of swine} [6:145]. You are not eating it; you are only tanning it and benefiting from it.' So she sent for it, skinned it, tanned it, and made a water skin from it until it wore out.