Selling Snakeskin

Question

Here there is a trade in snakeskin. Its form is this: a non-Muslim community catches snakes alive and, after rendering the snake unconscious, removes its skin; Muslims buy the raw skins and sell them after tanning. Is this buying and selling permissible or not?

Answer

Buying and selling raw snakeskin before tanning is not right; let it be bought and sold after tanning. [ar]إِذَا كَانَ أَحَدُ الْعِوَضَيْنِ أَوْ كِلَاهُمَا مُحَرَّمًا فَالْبَيْعُ فَاسِدٌ، كَالْبَيْعِ بِالْمَيْتَةِ، فَنَقُولُ: الْبَيْعُ بِالْمَيْتَةِ وَالدَّمِ بَاطِلٌ[/ar] “If one of the two countervalues, or both of them, is prohibited, the sale is defective (fasid)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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