Chapter on What is Permissible to Pray in, from Clothing and Place, and What is Not Permissible to Pray in, from That

And from him, from Muhammad ibn Yahya and others, from Ahmad ibn Muhammad, from Ibn Mahbub, from Asim ibn Humaid, from Ali ibn al-Mughira, who said: I said to Abu Abdillah عليه السلام, peace be upon him: "May I be ransomed for you, can anything from a dead animal (maytah) be benefitted from?" Imam عليه السلام said: "No." I asked: "It has reached us that the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى (peace be upon him and his family) passed by a dead sheep and said: 'What would have been upon the people of this sheep if they could not benefit from its meat, to at least benefit from its hide?'" Imam عليه السلام said: "That was a sheep belonging to Sawdah bint Zam‘ah, the wife of the Prophet (peace be upon him and his family), and it was an emaciated sheep whose meat was of no benefit, so they left it until it died. Then the Messenger of Allah سبحانه وتعالى, peace be upon him and his family, said: 'What would have been upon its people, if they could not benefit from its meat, to benefit from its hide, that is, by making it ritually slaughtered (tudhakka)'."