Hunting

It is the game of the sea or land. The game of the sea is: the fish that was dead because of a human, the tide of water, that which the water has thrown to the land, or that present when the water has dried. The floating dead fish are forbidden to be eaten because it is dead without knowing the reason.

The game of the land is that retrieved by trained dogs that were sent to hunt the prey, with the pronouncement of the Name of Allah over it, the kill was done by a puncture wound not a hit, and what was killed by a Muslim with sharp object like a sword. The hunted prey must not be killed by stoning or by shooting it with a firearm, or else it shall be forbidden to eat.

Slaughtering

Islam is a condition in the slaughterer. One must completely cut the four awdāj—the throat, oesophagus, and the two veins—by slaughtering them or cutting them completely. One has to pronounce the Name of Allah over it. It has to be alive and moving, even if it moves very little due to sickness.

Sacrifice

It is an assured Sunnah. The adult Muslim who has enough money, is obliged to do it.

Ten Muslims can participate in buying and slaughtering one camel; it will be enough for them. Seven Muslims can participate in buying and slaughtering one cow; it will be enough for them. Three Muslims can participate in buying and slaughtering one sheep; it will be enough for them.

The condition of the participation is that all of them are considered the one who sacrifices. Therefore, in case of the sheep, no one from the three who participated in it should take less than the one-third. In case of the cow, no one from the seven who participated in it should take less than the one-seventh. And in case of the camel, no one from the ten who participated in it should take less than the one-tenth. There is none for others who asks for meat and the like.

The sheep that is allowed to be slaughtered should be jadha’, which means that its minimum age shouldn’t be less than a one whole lunar year. For other animals, the minimum age is two lunar years. So, the minimum age for slaughtering goats and the cows is two lunar years. For the camels is five whole lunar years.

The cattle that are forbidden to be slaughtered are the ones whose ears are slit, perforated, or partly cut. This also includes ones whose horn is broken—even if it was born with this—and ones which do not have ears or fat tail. The blind, skinny, one eyed, and lame are not allowed to be slaughtered, as well. However, the ones who have little defects are allowed to be sacrificed.

Its time is after the EidPrayer, till the end the third day. The animal is considered a sacrificial animal if the person who offers the sacrifice intends to buy it for this purpose. But in case of he did not buy it, the animal shall be considered a sacrificial animal at the beginning of the slaughtering process. It is better for the person to do the slaughtering himself. The sheep should be healthy, full of meat, good-looking, horned, and has reached the required age. He should grant it as charity to the people, and he must not be allowed to sell any piece from it.

The Aqīqa is an assured Sunnah. The Aqīqa is what is slaughtered on the seventh day of the birth of the baby and its consequences, which is cutting the hair on the seventh day. The circumcision is to be done on that day too. And one is to grant the poor needy people a weight of gold that equals the same weight of the cut hair. The bones of the sacrificed animal are not to be broken.