Eating the skin of a lawful animal

Question

Is it permissible to eat skin or not?

Answer

The skin of an animal whose meat is permissible to eat is also in order to eat: for example, the skin of birds — pigeons, chickens and the like — or the hide of a newborn calf or kid. And if the hide of a cow or a goat is made fit for eating, there is no harm in that either, that is, it is not forbidden by the Shari‘a.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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