Sunan al-Nasa'i — The Book of al-Fara' and al-'Atirah

“The Prophet passed by a dead sheep and said: ‘Why don’t you make use of its skin’?”

“A sheep of ours died, and we tanned its skin, and continued to make Nabidh in it until it wore out.”

“The Messenger of Allah said: ‘Any skin that is tanned has been purified.”‘

The Messenger of Allah threw it away, and the people threw their rings away too. Then he took a ring of silver and he used to seal letters with it, but he did not wear it.

I had some sheep at Uhud, and they began to die. I then entered upon Maymunah, wife of the Prophet (ﷺ), and mentioned it to her. Maymunah said to me: If you took their skins and made use of them, (that would be better for you). She asked: Is that lawful? She replied, Yes. Some people of the Quraysh passed by the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) dragging a sheep of theirs as big as an ass. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to them: Would that you took its skin. They said: It died a natural death. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Water and leaves of the mimosa flava purify it.

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.

the freed salve of Muhammad bin Al-Qasim said: “Muhammad bin Al-Qasim sent me to Al-Bara’ bin ‘Azib to ask him about the flag of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: ‘It was a black square of Namirah.'” There are narrations on this topic from ‘Ali, Al-Harith bin Hassan, and Ibn ‘Abbas. This Hadith is Hasan Gharib, we don know know of it except from the report of Ibn Abi Za’idah. And Abu Ya’qub Ath-Thaqafi’s name is Ishaq bin Ibrahim. ‘Ubaidullah bin Musa also reports from him.

“Indeed, fear of people should not prevent a man from speaking the truth, if he knows it.” Then Abu Sa’eed wept and said: “By Allah, we have seen things that made us scared (and we did not speak up).”

“Allah loves His believing slave who is poor, does not beg and has many children.”