The ruling on saying the name of Allah when slaughtering a group of chickens
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I visited the National Poultry Farms and saw how they slaughter the chickens. First, they hang the chickens so that they cannot move, and then they pass by the slaughterer, who slaughters them without saying the name of Allah. So I asked, why do you not say the name of Allah?He said: Because I say the name of Allah at the beginning, and I cannot say it for five hundred thousand chickens. So I say, when I enter, “In the name of Allah, Allah is the Greatest,” and that is sufficient.So I said: Who did you ask?He said: The scholars of knowledge have issued a ruling on this and deemed it permissible, so I do not know, O honorable Shaykh! Is this action permissible?
One must say the name of Allah over a specific item, whether it is one or more. For example, if a thousand chickens are lined up, and then when the machine is started, he says: “In the name of Allah,” that is sufficient. If a thousand chickens are lined up for him, for example, and the machine moves and the blades move, it is sufficient if he says: “In the name of Allah over this row.” If another group is lined up, he says the name of Allah over it.
The questioner: He says, “I say the name of Allah once and that is sufficient”?The Shaykh: That is not permissible until the machine stops, because his saying the name of Allah must be over a specific item.
The questioner: Another matter, O Shaykh! We were also on a visit to the Astra farms in Tabuk, and they are slaughtering quail. What do they do? They hang these birds, and after hanging them, they pass over something like a machine that sprays water on the bird, so it becomes somewhat dazed. Then it passes by a wall on which it is written, “In the name of Allah, Allah is the Greatest,” and then it goes to the machine where its head is cut off.And the questioner said: Is this sufficient? Is “In the name of Allah, Allah is the Greatest” written?The Shaykh: All of this is ignorance. May Allah reward you for now raising what you witnessed with your brothers, signing it, and sending it to the Department of Ifta, and clarifying when that was, whether in this year or years ago, so that your conscience is cleared of it.
The questioner: O Shaykh! They say that a group of Shaykhs have issued a ruling on this.
The Shaykh: No.
It may be that some Shaykhs issued a ruling on something in a manner other than this,And it is possible that he issued a ruling for him as I said, namely: that he gathers a group and then moves the machine over this group, even if he does not say the name of Allah over each one specifically,Like if he saw a flock of birds and shot at them, he said: “In the name of Allah,” and if twenty birds fall, they are permissible.
One must say the name of Allah over a specific item, whether it is one or more. For example, if a thousand chickens are lined up, and then when the machine is started, he says: “In the name of Allah,” that is sufficient. If a thousand chickens are lined up for him, for example, and the machine moves and the blades move, it is sufficient if he says: “In the name of Allah over this row.” If another group is lined up, he says the name of Allah over it.
The questioner: He says, “I say the name of Allah once and that is sufficient”?The Shaykh: That is not permissible until the machine stops, because his saying the name of Allah must be over a specific item.
The questioner: Another matter, O Shaykh! We were also on a visit to the Astra farms in Tabuk, and they are slaughtering quail. What do they do? They hang these birds, and after hanging them, they pass over something like a machine that sprays water on the bird, so it becomes somewhat dazed. Then it passes by a wall on which it is written, “In the name of Allah, Allah is the Greatest,” and then it goes to the machine where its head is cut off.And the questioner said: Is this sufficient? Is “In the name of Allah, Allah is the Greatest” written?The Shaykh: All of this is ignorance. May Allah reward you for now raising what you witnessed with your brothers, signing it, and sending it to the Department of Ifta, and clarifying when that was, whether in this year or years ago, so that your conscience is cleared of it.
The questioner: O Shaykh! They say that a group of Shaykhs have issued a ruling on this.
The Shaykh: No.
It may be that some Shaykhs issued a ruling on something in a manner other than this,And it is possible that he issued a ruling for him as I said, namely: that he gathers a group and then moves the machine over this group, even if he does not say the name of Allah over each one specifically,Like if he saw a flock of birds and shot at them, he said: “In the name of Allah,” and if twenty birds fall, they are permissible.