Is Pig Leather Purified After Tanning?

Answered by Shaykh Yusuf Weltch

Question 

Can I follow the opinion that pig leather is purified after tanning due to misgivings (waswasa) that I suffer from?

 

Answer

In the Name of Allah, the Most Merciful and Compassionate

There is no recognized opinion in the Hanafi school that says that pigskin is purified after tanning.

You are not required to investigate the source of all leather. The majority of leather products are made from other than pig. As little as 11% of leather products are made from pigs.

Thus stick to the basis, which is that everything is pure until proven otherwise. [Ibn Nujaym, al-Ashbah wa al-Nazair]

If you are certain that you own a leather product made from pig, if it is something that is worn or carried, get rid of it and do not pray with it. Other than that ignore.

Hope this helps

Allah knows best

[Shaykh] Yusuf Weltch

Checked and Approved by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani

Shaykh Yusuf Weltch is a teacher of Arabic, Islamic law, and spirituality. After accepting Islam in 2008, he completed four years at the Darul Uloom seminary in New York, where he studied Arabic and the traditional sciences. He then traveled to Tarim, Yemen, where he stayed for three years studying in Dar Al-Mustafa under some of the greatest scholars of our time, including Habib Umar Bin Hafiz, Habib Kadhim al-Saqqaf, and Shaykh Umar al-Khatib. In Tarim, Shaykh Yusuf completed the memorization of the Qur’an and studied beliefs, legal methodology, hadith methodology, Qur’anic exegesis, Islamic history, and several texts on spirituality. He joined the SeekersGuidance faculty in the summer of 2019.