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Could it be possible for slaughterers to slaughter correctly at such speeds, and simultaneously to recite Tasmiyah on ever bird, and slaughter correct

Question

Could it be possible for slaughterers to slaughter correctly at such speeds, and simultaneously to recite Tasmiyah on ever bird, and slaughter correctly, viz., severing all four neck veins over protracted periods of sustained killing and slaughtering?

Answer

Common sense can convince any unbiased Muslim that it is impossible to slaughter correctly chickens at the rate of 60 or even 40 per minute, and to simultaneously recited Tasmiyah on every chicken, hanging upside down and moving at lightning speed.

Among the numerous pamphlets we have sent, you will find an Inspection Report by the NIHT which is also one of the carrion certifying bodies. You will observe in their report that on the occasion when they had made a sudden inspection of a SANHA certified chicken plant, the line speed was only 16 birds per minute. However, despite this very slow speed, out of the 30 chickens they had inspected, about 26 were haraam. Read the report carefully.

When this is the condition when the line moves at 16 per minute, what will be the haraam state of affairs when the line moves at 40, 50 and 60 chickens per minute per slaughterer? It is impossible for a slaughterer to recite Tasmiyah on every chicken at this rate. Furthermore, it should be noted that in a single shift, a slaughterer is required to recite Tasmiyah in excess of 10,000 times. The whole system besides being cruel and haraam, is a brutal mockery of the Shariah.

23 Rabiul-Awwaal 1445

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