Using skin of sacrificial animal in the Masjid

13-1-2010 | IslamWeb

Question:

In our district, there is a new Masjid without rugs, and the board of the Masjid requested us to provide them with the skins of our Udh-hiyah (sacrificial animal for ‘Eed) this year. What is the Sharee‘ah ruling on this, knowing that some Imaams here ruled this to be disliked? Please advise.

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Answer:

All perfect praise be to Allaah, The Lord of the worlds. I testify that there is none worthy of worship except Allaah, and that Muhammad, sallallaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam, is His slave and Messenger.

It is an act of Sunnah that the Muslim eats, gives away and gifts from his Udh-hiyah. This includes its meat, its skin and other parts. Therefore, it is an act of Sunnah to give the skin of the Udh-hiyah as charity and there is no harm in using them as rugs for the Masjid.

Allaah Knows best.