Message #13484

[Zainab_M]

O yes, of course sister, Islamic method is the BEST.  No one can dispute it.  I did not mean not to follow that .. LOL!  I am a strict Quranist.  I can never say that.   What I meant was to additionally sedate animals with some harmless, non-alcoholic, non-intoxicating medication only to make them a bit calm prior to slaughter, just the way humans are given mild & harmless sedation before going for surgery.  Such medications never contain any alcoholic contents and they do not affect the quality of food.  That's definite.  After all, mild to moderate sleeping pills are given to patients in hospitals & clinics in all Muslim countries as well, depending on their illness, to keep them comfortable so that they experience the minimal of pain.  That will lesson the fear & anxiety of animals prior to slaughter.  The procedure of the slaughter must NOT change and to be exactly according to the Quranic method. The idea of medication was an additional one because it serves a good purpose in my view for the benefit of the animals and I cannot think of any Quranic Verse nor any Quranic principles that go against it.   That's what I meant.  If we study the methods of killing that have been prohibited in the Quran "and the strangled, and the dead through beating, and the dead through falling from a height, and that which hath been killed by (the goring of) horns, and the devoured of wild beasts" ....  apart from the fact that the name of Allah is not mentioned on such animals, the reason Allah has disallowed to eat of animals killed in these ways is because these methods are cruel and cause pain to the animal.  The concept of giving a soothing, non-alcoholic medication prior to the slaughter does not come into any of the categories prohibited in the Quran, because its purpose is alleviate the pain as much as possible.  And, even if the medication is used, the slaughter MUST be done in the Quranic method by mentioning the name of Allah.  Therefore, in my opinion, adding this method does not make the slaughter un-Islamic.  That's the way I see it by keeping in mind the complete Quranic information & principles.  Of course others may have different opinions.