Issue 2599...

Issue 2599: If a dead young is born from the body of a living animal, or is brought out of it, it is haraam to eat its meat. Method of Slaughtering Animals Issue 2600: * The method of slaughtering an animal is that the four main arteries of its neck should be completely cut (jugular artery, foodpipe, jugular vein and windpipe). It is not sufficient to split open these arteries or to cut off the neck.

And the cutting of these four main arteries becomes practical when the cutting takes place from below the knot of the throat. Issue 2601: If a person cuts some of the four arteries and waits till the animal dies and then cuts the remaining arteries, it will be of no use. If the four arteries are cut before the animal dies, but the cutting was not continuous as is usually done, the animal is Clean (tahir/pak) and halal to eat.

However, the recommended precaution is that they should be cut in continuous succession. Issue 2602: * If a wolf tears off the throat of a sheep in such a way that nothing remains of the four arteries which could be cut for slaughter, the sheep becomes haraam. Similarly, it will be haraam if nothing remains of its gullet. In fact, if its neck is torn open by the wolf leaving arteries connected with the head or the body, as a precaution, it will be haraam.

But if the sheep is bitten on other part of the body, and it remains alive, it will be Clean (tahir/pak) and halal if slaughtered according to the rules which will be described later. Conditions of Slaughtering Animals Issue 2603: * There are certain conditions for the slaughtering of an animal. They are as follows:- (i) A person, a man or a woman, who slaughters an animal must be a Muslim.

An animal can also be slaughtered by a Muslim child who is mature enough to distinguish between good and bad, but not by non-Muslims other than Ahle Kitab, or a person belonging to those sects who are classified as Kafir, like, Nawasib - the enemies of Ahlul Bait (A.S.). In fact, even if Ahle Kitab non-Muslim slaughters an animal, as per precaution, it will not be halal, even if he utters 'Bismillah'. (ii) The animal should be slaughtered with a weapon made of iron.

However, if an implement made of iron is not available, it should be slaughtered with a sharp object like glass or stone, so that the four veins are severed, even if the slaughtering may not be necessary, like when the animal is on the verge of death. (iii) When an animal is slaughtered, it should be facing Qibla.