In the name of allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful What is sin in Islam?

The Second Method:

The bulls are shot with a .22 calibre rifle, by placing the barrel of the rifle onto the head of the bull pointed at the brain. The bullet hits the brain directly causing it to explode, and causing the animal to collapse.

The production director of a NSW abattoir Mr Liese informed us that at times they may fire more than one shot at the head of the animal. He also added that sometimes three shots are fired to make sure the immediate death of the animal.

The problems with this method:

1- The use of a hunting implement on a captive animal is impermissible.

2- The shot goes to the brain of the animal causing an explosion of the brain, making the carcass similar to carrion.

3- The suffering caused to the animal when shot more than once.

This clearly shows that some of the beef on the Australian market does not meet the Halal requirement which has been set by Islamic Law.

It is crucial for us my dear brother, to seek out the Halal food, and not allow ourselves to fall under the Hadeeth of prophet Mohammad (peace and blessings upon him): "He who falls into the doubtful, falls into the impermissible..". We should place his words in front of our eyes: "what is produced by illegal means, is more worthy of the fire", meaning that the body which grows with the impermissible, and gets nourishment from the impermissible, must be purified, if he does not repent in this life, he will be purified on the day of judgement... For this reason we must be very cautious in ensuring that our food and dress is lawful, and that we should only take lawful nourishment, so that are supplications our accepted, and from Allah we seek assistance, and there is no effort or power, except through Allah The most High the Most Great.


Notes:
1- Corrected by AlAlbany in Rawa` AlGhaleel 8/139.
2- The collection of Sharh AlMuhazzab.
3- AlMustadrak of AlHakem 4/233 Sahih Shart AlShaykhayn.
4- Sahih AlJame' AlSagheer OF AlAlbany 4372 j 4/167 the collection of Sahih Ahadeeth.
5- AlSunan AlKubra 9/278 and Fath AlBary 9/640.
6- Sahih Taqreeb AlTahzeeb of Ibn Hijr 2/129.
7- The collection of Sharh AlMuhazzab of Nawawi 9/56.
9- AlMughni of Ibn Qaddama.
10- The Collection of Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyyeh V32 p190.
11- Nayl AlAwtar V8/140.
12- AlLu`lu` WalMarjan Fi Ma Ittafaqa 'Alayhi AlShaykhaynno. 1258, the book of hunting and slaughter.
13- Commentary of Suratul Ma`ida, AlQurtubi.