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Summary of Question:	Is it wrong for a Sikh to carry a Leather stuffs.
Category:	Other
Date Posted:	Friday, 8/25/2000 1:08 PM MDT

My question is simple. Is it wrong/Bad deed for any Sikh who carry a Leather materials. For example; Many Sikh women use to carry leather purse, and many men carry leather traveling bags. etccc...... so on.... Is it Worng, to me sometime i think it is wrong for a sikh, but sometimes i am not sure.

Gurfateh,
Bikram Singh.

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It is OK because the animals are not killed for skin, but for meat. It actually helps the animals karma because they get to serve. You may have seen in India when a cow dies a natural death their skin is taken for leather. They don't need it anymore.
LSK