Is it permissible to slaughter horses by cutting the throat or by other means?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A hadith of Asma’ in the two Sahihs uses the wording “we slaughtered by cutting the throat,” and in another wording of theirs, “we slaughtered by other means.” So, is it said that it is permissible to slaughter horses by cutting the throat, and permissible to slaughter them by other means?
Answer:
Even for camels, it is permissible to slaughter them by other means and permissible to slaughter them by cutting the throat, but cutting the throat is preferable, it is preferable for them. For this reason, they said: if one slaughters by other means what is to be slaughtered by cutting the throat, or slaughters by cutting the throat what is to be slaughtered by other means, it is permissible to eat it. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A hadith of Asma’ in the two Sahihs uses the wording “we slaughtered by cutting the throat,” and in another wording of theirs, “we slaughtered by other means.” So, is it said that it is permissible to slaughter horses by cutting the throat, and permissible to slaughter them by other means?
Answer:
Even for camels, it is permissible to slaughter them by other means and permissible to slaughter them by cutting the throat, but cutting the throat is preferable, it is preferable for them. For this reason, they said: if one slaughters by other means what is to be slaughtered by cutting the throat, or slaughters by cutting the throat what is to be slaughtered by other means, it is permissible to eat it. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يجوز النحر والذبح في الخيل؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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