Wearing shoes, shirts made of pig skin

3-5-2000 | IslamWeb

Question:

Can Muslims wear shoes or shirts made of pig skin?

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Answer:

Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Worlds; and blessings and peace be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upon all his Family and Companions.

Using the skin of a pig is prohibited since pork is impure and using any impure thing is prohibited. This is the opinion of the majority of the Muslim scholars. But some scholars believe that even the skin of pig becomes pure when it is tanned. They base their viewpoint on this Hadith: "A skin when it is tanned is pure". This viewpoints has some weight also but the first one seems to be more appropriate because Allah and his Messenger do not permit the pork.
Allah knows best.