pig skin

Using leather products

Q: I have a watch which has a genuine leather strap. My question is whether it is permissible to wear such watches because we are not aware of whether the animal used for the leather is halaal and has been slaughtered in the halaal way.

Wearing suede shoes

Q: This might sound like an odd question but I was looking at some shoes and read that they were made off suede. I know that wearing pigskin is not permissible so I emailed the company that was making them (Louboutins) and they replied with saying that none of their shoes were made of pigskin but I am still wondering if I am able to wear them.