Mishkat al-Masabih #472

Purification
Maimuna said that some people passed the Prophet dragging a sheep of theirs as big as an ass. God’s messenger asked them why they did not make use of its skin, and when they told him that it had died a natural death he said, “Water and leaves of the mimosa flava* purify it." *The Arabic word is qaraz. meaning the leaves of the mimosa flave (salam) These were used for tanning. Ahmad and Abu Dawud transmitted it.

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This hadith is #472 from Mishkat al-Masabih, in the Book of Purification. Mishkat al-Masabih contains 4,428 hadiths across 25 books.

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