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Is it permissible for women to slaughter animals?
Yes, it is permissible.
when slaughtering an animal, can we use a knife or a sword made out of steel? or can we only use a knife made out of iron?
One should use iron. However, it is permissible to use steel if it is made mainly from iron and the additional substances are minimal.
Is it permissible to consume meat that is slaughtered by a Christian?
No, it is not permissible.
If the butcher is a non-Muslim and he slaughters an animal, is the meat of that animal permissible to consume? What if the non-Muslim slaughterer has similar laws to us in his religion, and what if the non-Muslim follows the Islamic laws and conditions of slaughtering the animal?
It is not permissible to consume meat slaughtered by a non-Muslim.
In some countries, Muslims slaughter chickens with automated machine and a CD player read Takbir. Is such meat Halal?
It is not permissible to consume the chicken in the mentioned case.
If the meat is stunned before slaughtering, will it be permissible to eat? What if one doubts whether the stunning has killed the animal?
If one knows that the death of the animal was a result of the slaughtering process, it is permissible to consume. Otherwise, it is not permissible to consume.
If a chicken is slaughtered using a machine, but Allah's name is mentioned over it as well, and other required conditions are also fulfilled, will it be permissible to consume?
The slaughterer must be a Muslim and the act of slaughtering should be related to him in such a way the slaughtering and the operating of the machinery are conventionally simultaneous. If the slaughtering is related to the machine, the slaughtered bird is not lawful even if the name of Allah was mentioned.
If one doubts whether the animal was slaughtered correctly or not, can he buy its meat and eat it?
If one doubts whether the animal was slaughtered in the religious correct way when purchasing the meat from a Muslim, then it is permissible to assume that it is slaughtered correctly. Yes, if he knew that the meat sold by a Muslim is not slaughtered in accordance to the religious teachings, then it is not permissible for him to buy it or consume it.
If the person who pushes the button to start the machine for the slaughtering of large quantities of chicken is a Muslim who recites the Bismillah while the slaughtering takes place, is this method sufficient?
Reciting the Name of Allah suffices while slaughtering such a large quantity as long as the slaughtering and the operating of the machinery are conventionally simultaneous and the machinery is merely a tool of the slaughterer, as long as all other conditions are fulfilled.
However, if the machine is continuously slaughtering the chickens with its automated movement due to the continuing supply of electricity, without the direct involvement of the person and him being regarded as the actual slaughterer, then it is not sufficient.
Can we hire non-Muslims in a halal butcher shop?
It is permissible to hire him, but if he is not a Christian or Jew and he touches the meat with dampness it becomes Najis based on compulsory precaution.
If the animals are slaughtered there too, the slayer must be a Muslim.
We have recently learned that animals are stunned with electricity to make them unconscious before they are slaughtered. Is this allowed according to Shia fiqh, and if so up to what level of stunning is allowed?
If its death is caused by electric shock, then it is prohibited to consume. If the shock just put the animal to sleep and death was caused by slaughtering the animal, then it is permitted to consume.
According to Shia jurisprudence, we are not permitted to eat meat of a lawful animal if it was slaughtered by Nawasib. Are we allowed to eat meat of animal slaughtered by "Wahabis” and “Salafis" since they hate Imam Ali (peace be upon them)?
If they hate the Ahlulbait (Peace be upon them) then their slaughtered animal must be avoided based on compulsory precaution; but if they hate the followers of the Imams of the Ahlulbait without hating the Imams (peace be upon them), then it allowed to consume their slaughtered lawful animal.
If a butcher is a non-practicing Muslim, i.e. he does not offer prayers and other obligations and refrain from prohibited things, and I know that he does not observe the conditions of slaughtering, such as placing the animals to face Qibla and reciting the Name of Allah, is his meat permissible?
If the butcher knows that the animal must face the Qibla when slaughtered and he does not observe such a condition deliberately, then the meat of the animal is not lawful to consume. If he forgot to do so or he did not know that this is a condition, then the meat is permissible to consume.
If the butcher forgets to recite the Name of Allah when slaughtering the animal, then it is lawful to consume the meat. If he did not do so deliberately or out of ignorance, then the meat is unlawful to consume.
Is it permissible to recite the names of the 14 Infallibles (peace be upon them) in slaughtering the animal instead of the name of God?
It is obligatory to mention the name of Almighty Allah on the sacrifice during the actual slaughtering and it is not sufficient to mention the names of the Infallible Imams. If the slaughterer did not mention the name of Almighty Allah during the slaughtering process, it is prohibited to consume the animal. Yes, it is recommended to recite the Salawat on the Prophet and his progeny (peace be upon them all) during the slaughtering process.