The ruling on slaughtering a sick animal to relieve it
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In our village, when an animal falls ill, they slaughter it and say that there is reward in doing so because it relieves the animal.
Answer:
This is ignorance and is not permissible. An animal is not slaughtered to relieve it unless it is about to die and its meat is not wasted, in which case it is slaughtered. But if it is not about to die, it is not permissible to slaughter it.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In our village, when an animal falls ill, they slaughter it and say that there is reward in doing so because it relieves the animal.
Answer:
This is ignorance and is not permissible. An animal is not slaughtered to relieve it unless it is about to die and its meat is not wasted, in which case it is slaughtered. But if it is not about to die, it is not permissible to slaughter it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2110 -2802] حكم ذبح الدابة المريضة من أجل إراحتها - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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