Thursday, July 14, 2011

The Islamic method of slaughtering animals



بِسْمِ اللہِ الرَّحْمٰنِ الرَّحِیۡمِ

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH THE MOST BENEFICENT AND MERCIFULL
اللہ کے نام سے شروع جو نہایت مہربان رحم والا
الصلواة والسلام عليک يارسول الله 
الصلواة والسلام عليک ياحبيب الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک يانبي الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک يا نور الله


O Allah! Shower blessings on Muhammad and his children whenever he is remembered by those who remember him, and shower blessings on Muhammad and family whenever he is not remembered by the negligent, and grant him peace constantly in abundance



The Islamic method of slaughtering animals known as Zabiha has been the object of much criticism by non-Muslims. One may consider the following points, which prove that the Zabiha method is not only humane but also the best method scientifically:

1. Islamic method of slaughtering animal ‘Zakkaytum’ is a verb derived from the root word Zakah (to purify).
Its infinitive is Tazkiyah, which means purification. The Islamic mode of slaughtering an animal requires the following conditions to be met:

a. The animal has to be slaughtered swiftly with a sharp knife so that the pain of slaughter is minimized. Zabiha is an Arabic word, which means ‘slaughtered’. The ‘slaughtering’ is to be done by cutting the throat, windpipe and the blood vessels in the neck causing the animal’s death without cutting the spinal cord.

b. The blood has to be drained before the head is removed. The purpose is to drain out most of the blood that would serve as a culture medium for micro-organisms that is dangerous to health. The spinal cord must not be cut as the nerve fibres to the heart could be damaged during the process causing cardiac arrest, thus causing the blood to stagnate in the blood vessels.

2. Blood is dangerous medium to spread germs, toxins & bacteria Therefore the Muslim way of slaughtering is more hygienic as most of the blood containing germs, bacteria, toxins, etc. that are the cause of several diseases are eliminated.

3. Meat remains fresh for a longer time Meat slaughtered the Islamic way remains fresh for a longer period of
time due to deficiency of blood in the meat as compared to other methods of slaughtering.

4. Animal does not feel pain The swift cutting of vessels of the neck disconnects the flow of blood to the nerve of the brain responsible for pain. Thus the animal does not feel pain. While dying, the animal struggles, writhers, shakes and kicks, not due to pain, but due to the contraction and relaxation of the muscles deficient in blood and due to the flow of blood out of the body.

الصلواة والسلام عليک يارسول الله 
الصلواة والسلام عليک ياحبيب الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک يانبي الله
الصلواة والسلام عليک يا نور الله


O Allah! Shower blessings on Muhammad and his children whenever he is remembered by those who remember him, and shower blessings on Muhammad and family whenever he is not remembered by the negligent, and grant him peace constantly in abundance

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