41/4. Chapter:
Sunan an-Nasai 4243 — Tanned Waterskin Purity
The Skin Of Dead Animals (Those Not Slaughtered Or Killed Properly)
Tanned Waterskin Purity in the Tabuk Narration
Sunan an-Nasai : 4243
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4243
أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاذُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبِي، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنْ جَوْنِ بْنِ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَلَمَةَ بْنِ الْمُحَبِّقِ، أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي غَزْوَةِ تَبُوكَ دَعَا بِمَاءٍ مِنْ عِنْدِ امْرَأَةٍ قَالَتْ مَا عِنْدِي إِلاَّ فِي قِرْبَةٍ لِي مَيْتَةٍ . قَالَ " أَلَيْسَ قَدْ دَبَغْتِهَا " . قَالَتْ بَلَى . قَالَ " فَإِنَّ دِبَاغَهَا ذَكَاتُهَا " .
Salamah bin Al-Muhabbaq Narrated from:
During the campaign of Tabuk, the Prophet of Allah called for water from a woman. She said: "I only have a waterskin of mine made from an (unslaughtered) dead animal." He said: "Didn't you tan it?" She said: "Of course." He said: "Then it's tanning is its slaughter". (Daif)
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4243In-book reference : Book 41, Hadith 22English translation : Vol. 5, Book 41, Hadith 4248
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4243
This hadith describes a request for water during the campaign of Tabuk. A woman said that her only water container was a skin taken from an animal that had died without slaughter. The Prophet asked whether she had tanned it. When she answered that she had, he said that its tanning was its slaughter. The report is marked Daif in the supplied text, so that grade should remain visible when discussing it. The core topic is the status of a tanned waterskin made from a dead animal. The narration presents a direct exchange: the woman mentions the skin’s origin, the Prophet asks about tanning, and the answer turns on the fact that the skin had been tanned.
What we learn from this hadith
- The woman openly explained that her waterskin came from a dead animal.
- The Prophet asked specifically whether the skin had been tanned.
- The supplied text grades this narration as Daif.
