7 - Chapter: The Prohibition of Benefiting from the Fat of Dead Animals

4256 - Qutaybah ibn Sa'id informed us, saying: Al-Layth narrated to us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from 'Ata' ibn Abi Rabah, from Jabir ibn 'Abdullah, that he heard the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, say during the Year of the Conquest while he was in Makkah: "Indeed, Allah, Glorified and Exalted, and His Messenger have forbidden the sale of wine, dead animals, pigs, and idols." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah, what do you think about the fat of dead animals? For ships are coated with it, hides are oiled with it, and people use it for lamps?" He said: "No, it is forbidden." Then the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said at that: "May Allah curse the Jews. When Allah, Glorified and Exalted, forbade them the fats, they melted them, then sold them, and consumed their price."

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And it was also recorded — within a longer context — by Abu Dawud (4131) from 'Amr ibn 'Uthman, with this chain of transmission.

The prohibition on wearing the skins of predatory animals is supported by the hadith of the father of Abu al-Malih, previously cited as number (4253), with a sound chain of transmission.

The hadiths of this chapter are also considered in "Musnad Ahmad" (16833).

Al-Sindi said: His statement "concerning wearing" (an lubus) — with a damma on the lam — is a verbal noun of "labisa" (to wear), with a kasra on the ba'.

As for riding upon them, this is supported by the hadith of Mu'awiyah in Ahmad (16840), Abu Dawud (4129), and Ibn Majah (3656) with a sound chain of transmission, and its wording is: "Do not ride on khazz (silk brocade) or on leopard skins."

And consider the hadith of Abu Rayhanah coming later as number (5091).

And consider what precedes it.

(1) In (M): "I said" (fa-qultu).
(2) In (H): "with it" (bihi).
(3) In (M): "their fats" (shuhumaha).
(4) Its chain of transmission is sound; Al-Layth is Ibn Sa'd. It is in "Al-Sunan al-Kubra" under numbers (4568) and (6220).
It was also recorded by Al-Bukhari (2236) and (4296), Muslim (1581), Abu Dawud (3486), and Al-Tirmidhi =