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What is the ruling on wearing leather belts and shoes made in the West if the source of the animal (whether slaughtered according to Islamic law or a pig) is unknown?

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The basic principle is that animal skins are pure and permissible to wear until proven otherwise, such as being from the skin of a pig or an animal not ritually slaughtered and not tanned.

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