Are leather or other halal animal skins halal for use as a prayer mat?

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh.

Leather from the skin of any animal, with the exception of the skin of human beings and pigs becomes pure upon tanning. It is permissible to use such tanned skin as a prayer mat.[1]

And Allah Ta’āla Knows Best

Muhammad Haris Siddiqui

Student Darul Iftaa
Australia 

Checked and Approved by,
Mufti Ebrahim Desai.