Hadithcore
Sunan Abi Dawud, 4120
sahih· Al-Albani

Ibn 'Abbas said - (Musaddad and Wahb transmitted from Maimunah) Maimunah said:

A sheep was given in alms to a female client of ours, but it died. The Prophet (ﷺ) passed it and said: Why did you not tan its skin and get some good out of it ? They replied: Messenger of Allah, it died a natural death. He said: It is only the eating of it that is prohibited.

حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، وَوَهْبُ بْنُ بَيَانٍ، وَعُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَابْنُ أَبِي خَلَفٍ، قَالُوا حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، - قَالَ مُسَدَّدٌ وَوَهْبٌ - عَنْ مَيْمُونَةَ، قَالَتْ أُهْدِيَ لِمَوْلاَةٍ لَنَا شَاةٌ مِنَ الصَّدَقَةِ فَمَاتَتْ فَمَرَّ بِهَا النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَلاَ دَبَغْتُمْ إِهَابَهَا فَاسْتَمْتَعْتُمْ بِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّهَا مَيْتَةٌ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنَّمَا حُرِّمَ أَكْلُهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Isnad

8 transmitters
  1. 1Masdad bin Masrhadal-Basra · d. 228 AH
  2. 2Wahb bin Bayanal-Wasit,Egypt · d. 246 AH
  3. 3'Uthman bin Muhammad (Abi Shayba)al-Kufa · d. 239 AH
  4. 4Sufyan bin 'UyaynahKufa/Makkah · d. 196 AH
  5. 5al-ZuhriMedinah/Syria · d. 124 AH/741 CE
  6. 6'Ubaydullah bin 'Abdullah bin 'UtbaMedinah · d. 94 AH/715 CE or 97 AH
  7. 7ibn AbbasMakkah/Medina · d. 68 AH/687 CE
  8. 8Maymuna bint al-HarithMakkah/Medina · d. 61 AH or 38 AH
References2 variants
In-Book Reference
Book 34, Hadith 101
English Reference
Book 33, Hadith 4108
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