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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on one who slaughters without mentioning the name of Allah, and what is the ruling on slaughtering upon the arrival of dignitaries and leaders?

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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. Do these forms of slaughter count as major shirk (associating partners with Allah), or are they a forbidden act and an innovation (bid'ah) that is not shirk? The first form is slaughtering without mentioning the name of Allah, intending the meat to draw near to other than Allah. The second form

Answer:
Let us leave the first form. Allah the Exalted and Majestic says, "And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentioned, for indeed, it is sin.
And do not eat of that upon which the name of Allah has not been mentionedوَلَا تَأْكُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ يُذْكَرِ اسْمُ اللَّهِ عَلَيْهِ
[Al-An'am 6:121]
. The verses indicate that one who intentionally leaves off the mention of the name does not have a lawful slaughter, whereas one who forgets it or is ignorant of it has a lawful slaughter because he did not do it intentionally. Yes. The second form is slaughtering upon the arrival of dignitaries and leaders. If it is in the sense of slaughtering as a greeting to them, this is shirk and not permissible. As for if it is in the sense of eating, where they slaughter to prepare feasts for the arrival and to feed people and gather people to honor him, there is nothing wrong with that. But if what is slaughtered is not for eating, but for glorification when he gets off the plane, or the car, or any vehicle, and they slaughter upon his arrival, this is shirk, this is shirk, and it is slaughter for other than Allah Mighty and Majestic. Yes.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [123 /1350] ما حكم من ذبح دون ذكر اسم الله، وما حكم الذبح عند قدوم العظماء والرؤساء؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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