These are the conditions that should be met when slaughtering animals.

These are the conditions that should be met when slaughtering animals. However, if we were not sure that the animal we slaughtered was alive, it is imperative, besides, to monitor the killed animal for any signs of life, such as a movement in the tail, a twinkle in the eye, or a twitch. This is to ensure that it is halal to eat. * Earlier on you mentioned that camels should be killed according to a particular way. Are there any special conditions to render their meat halal?

●It is imperative that the butcher satisfies the conditions already discussed. As for the tool of killing, the same conditions apply. Facing the qiblah with the intended kill is necessary. So are the utterance, life, and the letting of blood. * What about the babies of pregnant animals that are slaughtered? - If it was delivered alive, the same rules that apply to the mother apply to the baby. It should be ritually slaughtered according to its kind. * What if it was found dead?

●If the animal was slaughtered according to the rules already discussed and the embryo was full-blown, i.e. with hair, wool, or fur covering its body, it is halal to eat. It is not permissible, though, to delay extracting the foetus from its mother’s womb. Opening up the mother’s abdomen and taking the foetus out is paramount. Any delay that might result in causing the foetus to die, would render its meat haraam to eat.

* What about a foetus whose mother was pronounced dead before it was slaughtered? Is its meat lawful to eat? - Meat of such a foetus is haraam to consume. However, if all the conditions already discussed were met when slaughtering the animal, we can say that such an animal is slaughtered, according to Islamic shari’a law. Insofar as meat is concerned, animals are of three types: Some whose meat you can eat, such as sheep, cow, and goat.

Meat of the second category cannot be consumed, such as lion, tiger, fox, eagle, and some subterranean animals. Meat of the third category of animals is inherently najis, such as dog and pig. A sacrifice can be made of any animal whose meat is edible. Once it is sacrificed its meat becomes halal to eat. It cannot be carried out on animals that are najis, which cannot be rendered tahir, such as dog and pig.

* What about the second category of animals, whose meat cannot be eaten, such as fox, lion, and eagle? - They can be sacrificed apart from subterranean animals. Once they are killed, their meat and hide are rendered tahir.

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