Should One Make Intention (Niyyah) While Slaughtering an Animal?
Taken from: Fatāwā Amanpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amanpuri
Is it necessary to make intention (niyyah) while slaughtering an animal?
Slaughtering (dhabh) is an act of worship, and for every act of worship, intention is a condition. Therefore, at the time of slaughtering, one must have the intention that the animal is being slaughtered in the name of Allah.
❀ Allamah Ibn al-‘Arabi رحمه الله (543H) stated:
هي فرض بإجماع الأمة
It is obligatory by the consensus of the Ummah (to make intention at the time of slaughter).
(al-Masalik fi Sharh Muwatta’ Malik, 5/203)
Taken from: Fatāwā Amanpuri by Shaykh Ghulam Mustafa Zaheer Amanpuri
❖ Question:
Is it necessary to make intention (niyyah) while slaughtering an animal?
❖ Answer:
Slaughtering (dhabh) is an act of worship, and for every act of worship, intention is a condition. Therefore, at the time of slaughtering, one must have the intention that the animal is being slaughtered in the name of Allah.
◈ Scholarly Consensus
❀ Allamah Ibn al-‘Arabi رحمه الله (543H) stated:
هي فرض بإجماع الأمة
It is obligatory by the consensus of the Ummah (to make intention at the time of slaughter).
(al-Masalik fi Sharh Muwatta’ Malik, 5/203)
