What is the method of slaughter in Islamic law?
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The questioner : I am asking about the method of slaughter in Islamic law, and may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : Yes. The method of slaughter in Islamic law is: you take a sharp, strong knife and pass it forcefully across the neck of the animal being slaughtered, and you mention the name of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) when moving the knife, and the blood must flow out. This is done by cutting the two jugular veins. The two jugular veins are two vessels surrounding the windpipe, and they are known as the two carotid arteries by many people. These two vessels are thick vessels that distribute blood to the body from the heart. If they are cut, the slaughtered animal dies, so it is necessary to cut them. Some scholars stipulated cutting the windpipe and the esophagus, saying that it is obligatory to cut the windpipe and the esophagus, while cutting the two jugular veins is a recommended practice. The correct view is the opposite: that cutting the two jugular veins is obligatory because that is what causes the blood to flow, while cutting the windpipe and the esophagus is a recommended practice. If all four are cut, the slaughtered animal is permissible by consensus. If three of them or two of them are cut specifically, without the rest, this is a point of disagreement among scholars.
What appears to me from the evidence is that if the two jugular veins are cut, the slaughter is valid, but the more complete and better way is to cut the two jugular veins, the windpipe, and the esophagus.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This questioner, M A H, is a Sudanese resident in the Hail region. He says, the first question.
The Shaykh : Yes. The method of slaughter in Islamic law is: you take a sharp, strong knife and pass it forcefully across the neck of the animal being slaughtered, and you mention the name of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) when moving the knife, and the blood must flow out. This is done by cutting the two jugular veins. The two jugular veins are two vessels surrounding the windpipe, and they are known as the two carotid arteries by many people. These two vessels are thick vessels that distribute blood to the body from the heart. If they are cut, the slaughtered animal dies, so it is necessary to cut them. Some scholars stipulated cutting the windpipe and the esophagus, saying that it is obligatory to cut the windpipe and the esophagus, while cutting the two jugular veins is a recommended practice. The correct view is the opposite: that cutting the two jugular veins is obligatory because that is what causes the blood to flow, while cutting the windpipe and the esophagus is a recommended practice. If all four are cut, the slaughtered animal is permissible by consensus. If three of them or two of them are cut specifically, without the rest, this is a point of disagreement among scholars.
What appears to me from the evidence is that if the two jugular veins are cut, the slaughter is valid, but the more complete and better way is to cut the two jugular veins, the windpipe, and the esophagus.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This questioner, M A H, is a Sudanese resident in the Hail region. He says, the first question.