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How many Veins need to be Severed?

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Q: Can you tell me what is the verdict regarding slaughtering. Do we have to slaughter all four vessels (Food Pipe, Wind Pipe & Both Jugular Veins) to regard the animal as being slaughtered Halaal according to Shariah or do we only need to slaughter three vessels (Food Pipe, Wind Pipe & either one of the two  Jugular Veins)?

A: According to us (Hanafis), he needs to slaughter three of the veins. The animal will then be halaal.

ذكاة ( الاختيار ذبح بين الحلق واللبة ) بالفتح المنحر من الصدر ( وعروقه الحلقوم ) كله وسطه أو أعلاه أو أسفله وهو مجرى النفس على الصحيح ( والمريء ) هو مجرى الطعام والشراب ( والودجان ) مجرى الدم ( وحل ) المذبوح ( بقطع أي ثلاث منها ) إذ للأكثر حكم الكل (الدر المختار 6/294-295)

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Mufti Ebrahim Salejee (Isipingo Beach)

This answer was collected from MuftiOnline.co.za, where the questions have been answered by Mufti Zakaria Makada (Hafizahullah), who is currently a senior lecturer in the science of Hadith and Fiqh at Madrasah Ta’leemuddeen, Isipingo Beach, South Africa.

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