What is the criterion for distinguishing between forbidden slaughter and shirk (associating partners with Allah) slaughter?
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Question:
A questioner asks: What is the criterion for distinguishing between forbidden slaughter and shirk (associating partners with Allah) slaughter?
Answer:
The slaughter of a person in the state of ihram who does not follow the prescribed method of slaughter, who does not cut the windpipe or the throat, is forbidden. This is forbidden slaughter, and the animal is not lawful to eat if it is slaughtered in a manner other than the Shari'ah method; the slaughtered animal is haram (forbidden). As for shirk (associating partners with Allah), it depends on what one seeks to draw near to with the slaughtered animal. If one seeks to draw near to Allah with this sacrifice, it is worship. But if one seeks to draw near to a created being, or to a shrine, or to a grave, that is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.
A questioner asks: What is the criterion for distinguishing between forbidden slaughter and shirk (associating partners with Allah) slaughter?
Answer:
The slaughter of a person in the state of ihram who does not follow the prescribed method of slaughter, who does not cut the windpipe or the throat, is forbidden. This is forbidden slaughter, and the animal is not lawful to eat if it is slaughtered in a manner other than the Shari'ah method; the slaughtered animal is haram (forbidden). As for shirk (associating partners with Allah), it depends on what one seeks to draw near to with the slaughtered animal. If one seeks to draw near to Allah with this sacrifice, it is worship. But if one seeks to draw near to a created being, or to a shrine, or to a grave, that is shirk (associating partners with Allah). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما هو الضابط في التفريق بين الذبح المحرم والذبح الشركي؟ لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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