El sacrificio de animales destinados a consumo debe ajustarse a normas y a procedimientos estrictos cuya finalidad es evitarles sufrimientos innecesarios. Es lo que, en términos legales, se conoce como derecho de los animales y que se extiende desde las condiciones de estabulación hasta las de transporte y sacrificio.
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Las personas que manejan o sacrifican centenares de animales se vuelven insensibles al sufrimiento y tienden a ser bruscas y descuidadas, a no ser que se supervise su trabajo diario. Los administradores deben mantener altas normas operativas de bienestar animal.
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Fatwa from Dar al-Mustafa, Yemen

This fatwa was requested by Muhammad Ridha Payne to the Shafi’i fuqaha of Dar al-Mustafa in Yemen.

In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

To the Shaykhs sitting on the Council for Legal Verdicts at Dar al-Mustafa, Allah bless you.

I have a company dealing in meat in Britain and we are prohibited from slaughtering before stunning the animal. The stunning is carried out by exposing the animal to an electric shock which causes it not to feel the pain of the slaughter. The effects of the shock last twenty seconds, and then the animal returns to its natural state. Some Muslims doubt whether this method is lawful (halal) so my question is: is this method lawful?All praise is due to Allah
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The stunning of animals for halal meat was until recently a non-issue. However, over the past few years many people have mistakenly been informed that stunning animals renders the meat as haram. This is a complete fallacy. As with most things in Islam there are differences of opinion.
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Is Stunning Animals used for Meat Haram?

The question of stunning animals used for halal meat has become somewhat of buzzword amongst some UK Muslims. This is mainly due to poor communication from the relevant bodies on the differences in stunning techniques and what the shariah (and scholars of fiqh) actually say about the matter of stunning.

This short article outlines our approach to stunning.
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