Slaughter in Abattoirs by Machines and Electric Shock
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on abattoirs where the method of slaughter involves placing machines under the animals to be slaughtered, which then cut their necks?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible; this is not permissible. One does not cut the neck while it is alive. It dies from the electric shock, but they cut its throat after it has died. It is not a carrion due to the cutting of its necks; rather, they cut its necks for the sake of justification, for the sake of justification and the system of justification.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is stated in al-Mughni and al-Insaf as well.
The Shaykh:
That they kill them by electric shock or by hot water. They pass them over hot water until they die, and then after they die, they cut their necks.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, what is the ruling on abattoirs where the method of slaughter involves placing machines under the animals to be slaughtered, which then cut their necks?
The Shaykh:
This is not permissible; this is not permissible. One does not cut the neck while it is alive. It dies from the electric shock, but they cut its throat after it has died. It is not a carrion due to the cutting of its necks; rather, they cut its necks for the sake of justification, for the sake of justification and the system of justification.
The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, it is stated in al-Mughni and al-Insaf as well.
The Shaykh:
That they kill them by electric shock or by hot water. They pass them over hot water until they die, and then after they die, they cut their necks.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: الصيد مباح وشروطه أربعة — islamhouse.com (57:52)
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