Hunting and Islam?

[Archer]

I have been reviewing some of the threads concerning the proper manner for killing animals for butchering.
There seems to be some pretty strict rules.

What exactly are the rules concerning meat that is lawful?
Can you kill and butcher your own meat and still be ok?

Thanks
Archer

[Archer]

Wrong section of the forum?
Wrong question?
Wrong poster asking the question?

I am confused.

Thanks
Archer

[goldenglobe]

Peace Brother,
This article proves that Islamic way of slaughtering animals is not mercyless.




1. Islamic method of slaughtering animal

Zakkaytum is a verb derived from the root word Zakah (to purify). Its infinitive is Tazkiyah which means purification. The Islamic mode of slaughtering an animal requires the following conditions to be met:

a. Animal should be slaughtered with sharp object (knife)

The animal has to be slaughtered with a sharp object (knife) and in a fast way so that the pain of slaughter is minimised.

b. Cut wind pipe, throat and vessels of neck

Zabiha is an Arabic word which means ‘slaughtered’. The ‘slaughtering’ is to be done by cutting the throat, windpipe and the blood vessels in the neck causing the animal’s death without cutting the spinal cord.

c. Blood should be drained

The blood has to be drained completely before the head is removed. The purpose is to drain out most of the blood which would serve as a good culture medium for micro organisms. The spinal cord must not be cut because the nerve fibres to the heart could be damaged during the process causing cardiac arrest, stagnating the blood in the blood vessels.

2. Blood is a good medium for germs and bacteria
Blood is a good media of germs, bacteria, toxins, etc. Therefore the Muslim way of slaughtering is more hygienic as most of the blood containing germs, bacteria, toxins, etc. that are the cause of several diseases are eliminated.

3. Meat remains fresh for a longer time
Meat slaughtered by Islamic way remains fresh for a longer time due to deficiency of blood in the meat as compared to other methods of slaughtering.

4. Animal does not feel pain

The swift cutting of vessels of the neck disconnects the flow of blood to the nerve of the brain responsible for pain. Thus the animal does not feel pain. While dying, the animal struggles, writhers, shakes and kicks, not due to pain, but due to the contraction and relaxation of the muscles defecient in blood and due to the flow of blood out of the body.

[Archer]

Golden Globe, thanks for the information. There doesn't seem to be a lot of sources of information concerning hunting and fishing, two of my favorite hobbies.

Thanks
Archer

[Archer]

This is one of the few sources I can find, http://www.al-islam.org/laws/hunting.html

It contains some words I am unsure of:

Halal
Pak
Qibla
Niyyat
Bismillah
Haraam (harmful?)
Najis
Mustahab
Makrooh (prohibited/sinful?)
Zuhr
Ishkal
Ahle Kitab
Nawasib
Al-hamdulillah

Rule 2640, of the source, I don’t know what to say.



Is this a rule against lunch?
(xv) One should take one's meal in the earlier part of the day, and in the earlier part of the night and should not eat during the day or during the night.

I didn’t understand the reason for these rules;

(iii) To gaze towards others while eating.
(iv) To eat food while it is still hot.
(v) To blow on food or drink which one is eating or drinking.
(vii) To cut the loaf with a knife.
(ii) During daytime, one should drink water while standing.
2648. It is unworthy to drink too much water; to drink water after eating fatty food; and to drink water while standing during the night. It is also unworthy to drink water with one's left hand; to drink water from the side of a container which is cracked or chipped off, or from the side of its handle.

If anyone can offer some in-sight it would be helpful. I have a Elk hunting trip coming up in early November.

Thanks
Archer

[vinod]

Archer

Not all of these rules are necessarily religious. Many of these rules combine religious and cultural etiquettes. Etiquettes have been viewed by many scholars as beautifying conduct and adding to the character of a person. These etiquettes were often formed by cultural factors of what is good etiquette and what is not. In listing these rules for the masses, they did not take the pains to separate the religiously based ones from the non-religious. Think of these rules as those practiced in a convent in the training of a nun. I'm sure many of those have no religious basis per se and are spiritual exercises posited by individual saints/leaders that may have benefitted them and many others.

Regards

[goldenglobe]

This is one of the few sources I can find, http://www.al-islam.org/laws/hunting.html

It contains some words I am unsure of:

Halal
Pak
Qibla
Niyyat
Bismillah
Haraam (harmful?)
Najis
Mustahab
Makrooh (prohibited/sinful?)
Zuhr
Ishkal
Ahle Kitab
Nawasib
Al-hamdulillah.



Assalam Alaikum(may peace be upon you)brother!
HALAL:Halal (حلال, ḥalāl, halaal) is an Arabic term meaning "permissible". In the English language it most frequently refers to food that is permissible according to Islamic law. In the Arabic language it refers to anything that is permissible under Islam. On the contrary HARAM the things which are not permissible or forbidden according to Islamic lawPAK mean cleaness.

QIBLA (قبلة, also translated as Qiblah, Kibla or Kiblah) is an Arabic word for the direction that should be faced when a Muslim prays.

NIYYAT means intention to do work.

NAJIS means the things or persons regarded as ritually unclean.

MUTAHAB:One definition is "duties recommended, but not essential; fulfilment of which is rewarded, though they may be neglected without punishment.
The opposite of mustahabb is MAKRUH.

ZUHUR: noon prayer.

AHLE KITAB:The heavenly Books sent down by Allah (swt). And the people that worshiped according to the Book of Allah are known as Ahle Kitab.

AL-HUMDULLILAH: praise to God.

[Ron]

Halal (permissible; it's the similar to kosher)
Pak (clean/halal; I believe it's an Urdu word)
Qibla (direction of prayer)
Niyyat (intention)
Bismillah (mentioning God's name)
Haraam (harmful?) (forbidden/prohibited)
Najis (filthy)
Mustahab (a favored act; as defined by scholars in regards to religion)
Makrooh (prohibited/sinful?) (an unfavored act; as defined by scholars in regards to religion)
Zuhr (noon/early afternoon; it's a reference to the prayer of that name)
Ishkal (refers to the vowelization in Arabic so that the reader pronounces correctly)
Ahle Kitab (People of the Book; mostly in reference to Christians & Jews)
Nawasib (People who hate Ali (ra); it's a derogatory term)
Al-hamdulillah. (Praise be to God)

As Vinod said, those are not religious rules.

[Archer]

I wanted to take the time to say Thanks for the enlightenment.

Thanks
Archer

[jacky1982]

Thanks! That's great!

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