When the neck of the slaughtered animal is severed

Question

Question: Zayd slaughtered a sacrificial animal in such a way that the whole neck was severed. Did the sacrifice thereby become lawful (halal), or did it remain unlawful (haram)?

Answer

The sacrifice did not become unlawful; it has remained lawful. However, doing so is makruh (Shami, vol. 5, p. 188).

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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