Is it permissible to utilize the hides of animals taken as spoils of war for making items like soles, leather bags, ropes, or threads?

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It is impermissible to utilize the hides of the vanquished for making leather bags (*jarb*), soles, threads, or ropes. This is the view held by Ibn Muhayriz, Yahya ibn Abi Kathir, Isma'il ibn 'Ayash, and Al-Shafi'i. The evidence supporting the prohibition includes the tradition narrated by Qays ibn Abi Hazim where a man offered the Prophet (PBUH) a bundle of hair taken from the spoils, and the Prophet replied, "My share of it is yours," implying the rest remained as spoils. Furthermore, it is narrated that the Prophet (PBUH) said: "Return the thread and the needle, for misappropriated property (*ghalul*) is fire and disgrace on the Day of Resurrection." The reasoning is that such items, being part of the spoils, are not required for a general necessity, thus their appropriation is not permissible, similar to clothes.