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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Ruling on a boy or a woman performing ritual slaughter

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This is a question from the sender Aziz al-Ghamidi, asking about the sacrificial animal. He says: Peace be upon you, and Allah’s mercy and blessings. After that: A story happened to me, and my intention is to inquire from your eminence. My problem is: I was thirteen years old when I slaughtered the animal for the festival of sacrifice, that is, the Festival of Sacrifice. When I cut the skin, a female relative came and completed the slaughter of this animal, meaning she cut the windpipe, the esophagus, and the neck, that is, the neck vessels, and she slaughtered it. What is the opinion of your eminence or your grace? Is my sacrificial animal lawful? And does the completion by this woman harm the lawfulness of the halal? We ask you to inform us about this, and may Allah preserve you.
Answer: There is no blame on a sane boy of seven years of age or older performing ritual slaughter, and there is no blame on women performing ritual slaughter. There is no blame in any of this. A woman slaughters just as a man does, and a sane boy slaughters just as an adult does. There is no blame in that. The slaughter of a sane boy and a woman is entirely valid and lawful if the prescribed cuts are made; cutting the windpipe and the esophagus, or completing that by cutting the two carotid arteries, all of this is a good cut. The point is: there is nothing wrong with the slaughter of a woman, nor is there anything wrong with the slaughter of a sane boy. Yes.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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