حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَعِيلَ مَوْلَی بَنِي هَاشِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا الثَّقَفِيُّ عَنْ خَالِدٍ عَنْ الْحَکَمِ بْنِ عُتَيْبَةَ أَنَّهُ انْطَلَقَ هُوَ وَنَاسٌ مَعَهُ إِلَی عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُکَيْمٍ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُهَيْنَةَ قَالَ الْحَکَمُ فَدَخَلُوا وَقَعَدْتُ عَلَی الْبَابِ فَخَرَجُوا إِلَيَّ فَأَخْبَرُونِي أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُکَيْمٍ أَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَتَبَ إِلَی جُهَيْنَةَ قَبْلَ مَوْتِهِ بِشَهْرٍ أَنْ لَا تَنْتَفِعُوا مِنْ الْمَيْتَةِ بِإِهَابٍ وَلَا عَصَبٍ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد قَالَ النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ يُسَمَّی إِهَابًا مَا لَمْ يُدْبَغْ فَإِذَا دُبِغَ لَا يُقَالُ لَه إِهَابٌ إِنَّمَا يُسَمَّی شَنًّا وَقِرْبَةً
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4128
Al-Hakam ibn Uyaynah said that he went along with some people to Abdullah ibn Ukaym, a man of Juhaynah. al-Hakam said: They entered and I sat at the door. Then they came out and told me that Abdullah ibn Ukaym had informed them that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ had written to Juhaynah one month before his death: Do not make use of the skin or sinew of an animal which died a natural death. Abu Dawud said: Al-Nadr bin Shumail said: The skin is called ihab when it is not tanned and when it is tanned, it not called ihab but na, es shann and qirbah (tanned skin or leather).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020