How is the sacrificial animal directed toward the qiblah at the time of slaughter: with its head only, or with its entire body?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If it is a recommended practice (sunnah) to slaughter, and the one slaughtering faces the qiblah, how is that done? Is it with the head of the sacrificial animal, or with its feet?
Answer:
The questioner means that the sacrificial animal is directed toward the qiblah? It is directed with its entire body: its head, its extremities, its hands, its legs, and its whole belly toward the qiblah.
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: If it is a recommended practice (sunnah) to slaughter, and the one slaughtering faces the qiblah, how is that done? Is it with the head of the sacrificial animal, or with its feet?
Answer:
The questioner means that the sacrificial animal is directed toward the qiblah? It is directed with its entire body: its head, its extremities, its hands, its legs, and its whole belly toward the qiblah.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/1127] كيف تُوجَّه الذبيحة إلى القبلة عند الذبح، أبرأسها فقط أم بجميع بدنها؟ - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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