Five Short Rulings from the Gatherings: The Basmala at the Abattoir, the Dream-Vision, and Others

Answer

An Abattoir Where the Slaughterer Says the Basmala Only over the First Animal He related: some people said to me: we wish to get lawful meat and to have our prayer be sound. I understood what they meant. They took me to an abattoir. It appeared that the animals there are not slaughtered by machine, but that a man slaughters with his own hand.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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