The Ruling on Branding Livestock
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Question:
May Allah guide you. The questioner asks: Is branding not a form of cruelty to animals, given that the other texts of the Shari'ah call for kindness?
Answer:
Yes, some scholars disliked it for this reason, calling it a justification. However, the correct view is that it is like branding for identification; it is permissible out of need. Even if it involves some pain, it is permissible out of need—specifically, a predominant need or a predominant benefit—which outweighs the dislike involved. He did not do it in vain; rather, he did it out of need, just like branding for identification, or cauterizing for a disease, and so on. Yes.
May Allah guide you. The questioner asks: Is branding not a form of cruelty to animals, given that the other texts of the Shari'ah call for kindness?
Answer:
Yes, some scholars disliked it for this reason, calling it a justification. However, the correct view is that it is like branding for identification; it is permissible out of need. Even if it involves some pain, it is permissible out of need—specifically, a predominant need or a predominant benefit—which outweighs the dislike involved. He did not do it in vain; rather, he did it out of need, just like branding for identification, or cauterizing for a disease, and so on. Yes.
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