THE ANIMAL HAS ROOH
Like Insaan (the human being), animals too have souls. They are sentient creatures, experiencing all the physical and emotional states and conditions of human beings. Pain, fear, grief, pleasure, etc., are common to man and animal. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) has therefore commanded compassion when the need arises to slaughter an animal. Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said:* “He who shows mercy even if he slaughters a bird, Allah will be merciful to him on the Day of Qiyaamah.”(Kanzul Ummaal)
* “If you have mercy on a goat when slaughtering it, Allah will have mercy on you.” (Kanzul Ummaal)
Shaddaad Bin Aus (radhiyallahu anhu) said: “I have remembered two things from Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). He said: ‘Verily, Allah has ordained Ihsaan (kindness/mercy) for everything. Therefore when you kill, kill mercifully, and when you slaughter, slaughter mercifully, and the one who slaughters should sharpen his knife and deal humanely with the animal.” – Al-Mabsoot Imaam Sarakhsi (Muslim, Ibn Majah, Nisaai’)
Hadhrat Shaddaad Bin Aus (radhiyallahu anhu) did not remember only these two commands of Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam). He mentioned these two acts by way of emphasis to highlight the importance of mercy when killing/slaughtering becomes necessary.
Hadhrat Ibn Umar (radhiyallahu anhu) narrated that Nabi (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) commanded that the knife be sharpened and concealed from the animal, and that the slaughterer should make haste when slaughtering. (Ibn Majah).
Rasulullah (sallallahu alayhi wasallam) said: “He who is not merciful, mercy will not be shown to him.” The Islamic system of Thabah is the most merciful system. There is no system of killing animals which could be compared with the system of Thabah. Every act, from the beginning, to the end of the process, is conditioned with mercy and Insaaniyat (Humanity). This essential requisite of Ihsaan (mercy/kindness), observance of which is Waajib, is totally discarded from the kuffaar system which Muslims in this era have accepted, and which the haraam ‘halaal authorities’ have elevated above the Islamic system, and which even senior muftis have approved in direct conflict with the Command of Nabi-e-Kareem (sallallahu alayhi wasallam).
Every aspect of the Islamic system of Thabah is incumbent and non-negotiable. Not a single act of this Divine System may be compromised to accommodate Rainbow Chickens or any of the other myriad of chicken-torture facilities which SANHA has halaalized. SANHA officials should search for halaal avenues of employment for their food even if they have to cut grass and wash cars. But selling the Shariah so despicably and torturing Allah’s creatures so horrendously are totally unacceptable and haraam.
