Requirements of a Valid Slaughter

Abstract

This chapter expounds the industry practices in halal slaughter that consist of rituals: the recitation of God’s name and a special phrase at the time of slaughter, and also that the slaughterer is a Muslim, and that the animal fulfills certain conditions and is handled in ways that comply with shariah. The rituals of a valid slaughter and its accompanying requirements of sanitation and cleanliness are fairly well known to the halal industry, and mostly correspond with the prevailing practices of many majority Muslim countries. The scriptural rationale of slaughtering is that God Most High has permitted only pure and clean food.