CURIOUS FINDINGS OF MUFTI ABDUH ABOUT ZABIHAH
Muslims of every age and sect from the dawn of Islam till today unanimously believe that just as marriage and divorce are particular modes of social behavior, similarly the act of slaughter cannot be lawful unless it is carried out under the prescribed injunctions set out in the Holy Qur'an and the Sunnah. Hence it is compulsory under the Qur'anic Nass to recite Bismillah just before starting the slaughtering and it is also compulsory that slaughtering must be done by a Muslim or by the " People of the Book." These conditions are matters of religious obligation.
In one of the Hadiths recorded by Bukhari, Islamic slaughtering had been stated as one of the Signs (which make a Muslim distinct from the followers of other religions. The English translation of the text of the Hadith is given under: -
Anas reported Allah's Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as saying:
“He who observes our prayer, faces our Qibla and eats the animal slaughtered by us (according to the Shari'ah)
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