Holy Prophet صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم said: “If you show mercy to it, Allah عَزَّوَجَلَّ will also show mercy to you.” (Musnad-e-Ahmed, vol. 5, pp. 304, Hadees 15592)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Appeal to have mercy on animals

Dear Islamic brothers! We learn that showing mercy upon animals with the intention of obtaining the pleasure of Allah Almighty at the time of sacrifice is a rewardable act but, in some countries, a number of cruel acts are committed at the time of sacrifice. To save these people from cruelty and reform them, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat Hazrat Allamah Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Attar Qaadiri دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ has mentioned a couple of points in his booklet ‘Ablaq Ghoray Suwar’ [Piebald Horse Rider] on page 15: Let’s listen to them.

٭ Before getting the animal to lie down, you should first determine the direction of Qiblah.

٭ Once the animal is lying down on the ground especially on a stony ground and then dragging the mute animal to make it face Qiblah is a means of causing severe pain without reason to the animal.

٭ When sacrificing, ensure the knife does not reach the bone in the neck as this is painful and then until the animal gets fully dead do not cut off its feet or take off its skin.

٭ Until the soul leaves the body, do not touch the animal with your hand or the knife you have slaughtered it with.

٭ After slaughtering the animal, some butchers pierce the knife into the body to cut the veins of the heart after taking off the skin from the neck whilst the animal is alive in order to make the animal die faster.

٭ Likewise, sometimes the neck of the goat is snapped right after it’s been slaughtered.