Directing the sacrificial animal toward the qiblah and inserting the knife into the neck joint

Question:
Another questioner says: What is the ruling on directing the sacrificial animal toward the qiblah? And what is the ruling on what some butchers do immediately after slaughtering, which is inserting the knife into the neck joint to make it die quickly?

Answer:
Directing the slaughter toward the qiblah is a sunnah (recommended practice); it is mustahabb (recommended) but not a condition. So if one slaughters facing other than the qiblah, it is halal (lawful), but it is recommended to direct it toward the qiblah. As for hastening to kill it by breaking its neck or inserting the knife into such-and-such, that is not permissible; it is makruh (disliked). One should be patient after cutting the windpipe and the esophagus and not hasten. This is what is best. Yes.