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CONDITIONS FOR ZABIHAH HALAL SLAUGHTERING 

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• The animal to be slaughtered must be from the categories that are permitted for Muslims to eat.

• The animal or the bird must by alive, healthy and well fed.

• Any Injured or bruised animal should not be slaughtered. 

• Water should be offered to the animal before slaughter.

• If the animal is hungry it should not be slaughtered.

• The animal's or bird's face should face the Qibla.

• For the animal to be slaughtered as Zabihah halal it should not be stunned EVER.

• The animal must be slaughtered by the use of a sharp knife. The knife must not kill due to its weight. If it kills due to the impact the meat may not be permissible.

• The animal should be killed by a cut to its throat.

• The windpipe (throat), food-tract (oesophagus) and the two jugular veins must be cut.

• The slaughtering must be done in one stroke without lifting the knife.

• It is very important to treat animals and birds humanely and reduce pain and suffering to animals during slaughtering.Therefore, the knife should not be placed and lifted when slaughtering the animal.

• During the slaughtering process, a a trained Muslim slaughterer will recite a dedication, know as tasmiya “In the name of God – God is the Greatest/Bismillah Allah Hu Akbar”.

• All blood should be drained from the carcass.

• The animal's carcass should be moved to the skinning process ONLY if completely dead.

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IT IS VERY IMPORTANT TO MAKE SURE NO ANIMAL OR BIRD IS SLAUGHTERD INFRONT OF OTHER LIVE ANIMALS OR BIRDS.

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SLAUGHTERMAN RESPONSIBILTIES 

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• The slaughter person must be a Muslim.

• He must be trained with knowledge of animal welfare to cause no pain or suffering to the animal.

• Prior slaughter man should make sure his face and the animal face is toward the Qibla 

• The MUSLIM butcher must be healthy and strong enough to assume the responsibilities associated with the task of slaughter.​

• The knife should cut through the skin, trachea, esophagus, and two major blood vessels swiftly to ensure thorough and quick bleeding of the animal. The spinal cord of an animal/bird should not be severed during slaughtering.

• There should be adequate time for bleeding of an animal/bird until it dies before scalding and evisceration.

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In Short, for an animal to go from farm to table as halal food, it must have lived a healthy life from the very beginning, It must be kept well,  fed well, treated well, and been sacrificed well in accordance with the principle of Islamic guidelines.

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