Tasmiyah When Slaughtering According to the Shafi School

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Fatwa ID: 05352

 

Answered by: Alimah Safiyya-Maryam Ahmed

 

Question:

 

Also is it true according to Shafi’s, tasmiyah upon slaughtering is not a must? But rather it is mustahab?

 

 

In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful

 

Answer:

 

According to the Shafi’ee manual Tuhfa Al-Tullab, the saying of Bismillah at the time of slaughtering is counted as a Sunnah.

 

 

Only Allah knows best

Written by Alimah Safiyya-Maryam Ahmed

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah

DarulIfta Birmingham

 

 

ويسن استسمانها وأن لا تكون مكسورة القرن… و أن يسمي الله تعالى (وحده عند الضبح فيقول: بسم الله, للاتباع. رواه شيخان) و أن يصلي على النبي… (تحفة الطلاب بشرح متن تحرير تنقيح اللباب في فقه الامام الشافعي, كتاب الحدود, باب الأضحية, صفحة ٢٧٩, دار الكتب العلمية)

 

 

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