عَنْ شَدَّادِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ ، قَالَ: ثِنْتَانِ حَفِظْتُهُمَا عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ قال: «إِنَّ اللهَ كَتَبَ الْإِحْسَانَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، فَإِذَا قَتَلْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الْقِتْلَةَ، وَإِذَا ذَبَحْتُمْ فَأَحْسِنُوا الذَّبْحَ، وَلْيُحِدَّ أَحَدُكُمْ شَفْرَتَهُ، فَلْيُرِحْ ذَبِيحَتَهُ».
Shaddād ibn Aws said: I memorized two qualities from God’s Messenger (peace be upon him); he said:
1. God has certainly prescribed proficiency in all things.
2. Therefore, when you kill, kill well;
3. and when you slaughter, slaughter well. Let each of you sharpen his blade and place his animal comfortably’.
God orders that all creation must be treated with kindness, even when we slaughter an animal for food. If we have to kill, then we should choose the least painful way of killing. When we slaughter an animal, the knife must be sharpened and the animal prior to slaughter comfortably laid down.
