The ruling on killing game in the head after catching it alive
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His Eminence the Shaykh: A man wounded some game and caught it alive, but he did not have a knife with him. He aimed his rifle at the head of the game and killed it. Is such a thing permissible?
This is not permissible. However, if he had aimed it at the place of slaughter, it would have been lawful. Therefore, if we suppose that a man has a sheep, and it breaks or is injured and he fears it will die, and he does not have a knife but has a rifle, he should aim it at its jugular veins. If it causes the blood to flow, it becomes lawful.
His Eminence the Shaykh: A man wounded some game and caught it alive, but he did not have a knife with him. He aimed his rifle at the head of the game and killed it. Is such a thing permissible?
This is not permissible. However, if he had aimed it at the place of slaughter, it would have been lawful. Therefore, if we suppose that a man has a sheep, and it breaks or is injured and he fears it will die, and he does not have a knife but has a rifle, he should aim it at its jugular veins. If it causes the blood to flow, it becomes lawful.