The ruling on slaughtering a sick sheep to relieve it

Question:
This questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah preserve you and keep you firm upon His religion until you meet Him. I have a question: Many people, when they have sheep and one of them falls severely ill to the point that it no longer eats its feed due to the severity of the illness, its owner takes it to a place, slaughters it, leaves it there, and does not eat anything from it. He says, “I want to relieve it from this illness.” Is this action valid or not? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
We know of nothing in it. If someone can benefit from it, he should give it to him. If no one can benefit from it, there is no blame in that. If he leaves it until it dies, there is nothing wrong with that. If he slaughters it, there is nothing wrong with that. The matter is broad in this regard. And if someone can benefit from it, he should give it to him.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you with good,