Is it permissible to train boys in ritual slaughter?
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The questioner:
If a person trains his sons in ritual slaughter, but they may harm the animal. If a person trains his sons in ritual slaughter, but they may harm the animal during the slaughter?
The Shaykh:
What do you mean?
The questioner:
They may harm the animal during the slaughter and the learning process, so is that permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible. This is not permissible. He tortures the animal, and someone has to learn on him. This is torture of the animal. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: No one slaughters an animal except a person who is skilled, who is skilled in slaughter. If he wants to learn, he attends, he attends where the one who slaughters is, and he watches and learns, so he knows how to slaughter in the future.
If a person trains his sons in ritual slaughter, but they may harm the animal. If a person trains his sons in ritual slaughter, but they may harm the animal during the slaughter?
The Shaykh:
What do you mean?
The questioner:
They may harm the animal during the slaughter and the learning process, so is that permissible?
The Shaykh:
It is not permissible. This is not permissible. He tortures the animal, and someone has to learn on him. This is torture of the animal. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
When you slaughter, do it well, and when you kill, do it well. Let one of you sharpen his blade and let him show mercy to his victim.
اذا ذبحتم فاحسنوا الذبحه واذا قتلتم فاحسنوا القتله وليحد احدكم شفرته وليرح ذبيحته
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز تدريب الأولاد على الذبح؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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