The ruling on slaughtering a sick animal to relieve it
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man has a sheep and it is afflicted with a disease and it is suffering from the disease, is it permissible for him to slaughter it to relieve it from life?
Answer:
It is not permissible to slaughter an animal other than for its meat. If it is not to be eaten, it is not slaughtered; it is left, and then it is castrated. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a man has a sheep and it is afflicted with a disease and it is suffering from the disease, is it permissible for him to slaughter it to relieve it from life?
Answer:
It is not permissible to slaughter an animal other than for its meat. If it is not to be eaten, it is not slaughtered; it is left, and then it is castrated. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2093 -2802] حكم ذبح الحيوان المريض لإراحته - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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