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What say the noble scholars about someone who slaughters fifteen lambs by himself at once, should he say bismillah and Allah Akbar once or fifteen times?

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What say the noble scholars about someone who slaughters fifteen lambs by himself at once, should he say bismillah and Allah Akbar once or fifteen times?
If the necks of all the animals are aligned in such a way that with one long knife they could be slaughtered at once then one bismillah is enough otherwise it has to be recited fifteen times. Recitation of bismillah on every animal is compulsory.
Allah (Subhanahu Wa Ta’ala) Knows Best

Mufti Nawal-ur-Rahman

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