After slaughtering the chicken, there still appears to be life in the chicken as it is still moving – so is it permissible to immediately place it in a tank of boiling water, because that helps remove all its feathers? And is this chicken permissible [for us] to eat?
Tag: butcher
Women doing the slaughter
Is a woman allowed to carry out the slaughter – whether that is of a bird or any other animal?
Facing the Qiblah whilst carrying out the slaughter
In the slaughterhouse, those who carry out the slaughter do not lie the sheep down completely facing the direction of the Qiblah, instead, they suffice with just bending its neck in the direction of the Qiblah; so is that sufficient O noble shaykh?
Slaughtering in other than the direction of the Qiblah
If someone intentionally carried out the slaughter in other than the direction of the Qiblah, can that slaughter[ed meat] be eaten? And what is the ruling regarding the slaughter carried out by a woman or a child?
Buying meat from a butcher who does not pray
Is it permissible or not to buy meat from a butcher who does not pray, and who deals with that which is haraam?
Does not pray, but slaughters and sells meat
Regarding the one who does not pray, and [yet] slaughters and sells meat; or the one about whom we do not know whether he prays or not, are we obliged to research or ask about him as to whether he prays or not?