A Sick Cow Was Slaughtered: The Blood Flowed Very Slowly and It Did Not Move

Question

A cow is constantly ill — with epilepsy or some other similar disease; the cow fell down and began to die. The slaughterer straightened its head in order to slaughter it; at that moment the cow’s ear moved, and an eye opened and closed; apart from this, no other sign of life appeared. The cow was slaughtered; the blood did not gush out in a stream but flowed very slowly, like water; the blood spread on the ground to five feet one inch in length and one foot seven inches in width.

Answer

[ar]ولو ذبح شاة لم تعلم حياتها فتحركت أو خرج منها الدم من غير تحرك حلت أكلها؛ لأن الحركة وخروج الدم لا يكونان إلا من الحي، وذكر محمد بن مقاتل: إن خرج الدم ولم يتحرك لا يحل، وإلا، أي: وإن لم يتحرك أو لم يخرج الدم، فلا تحل إن لم تعلم حياته وقت الذبح، وإن علمت حياتها وقت الذبح حلت مطلقًا، أي: على كل حال[/ar] “If he slaughtered a sheep whose life was not known, and it moved, or…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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