Keeping an animal hungry before slaughter

Question

Question: Many butchers buy buffaloes and the like and keep them tied up, hungry and thirsty, for seven days; those who eat the meat are also aware of this. This is cruelty. Will such people be punished or not?

Answer

This is cruelty and oppression (zulm); it will bring the punishment of Hell.

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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