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The frist article is excelent and should be enough to clarify this mater, the remainder are for those who would like more detail.

What is the Islamic ruling on machine slaughter? Nowadays, there are various machines in the industry. Also, how must the basmala be recited?

Wa alaykum Assalam wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatuhu,

In the Name of Allah, Most Merciful & Compassionate

This important issue has previously been dealt with at length.

Please see the following links in answer to your question:

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00003195.aspx - Machine-slaughtered Meat

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00003262.aspx - Machine-slaughtered Meat (2)

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00000441.aspx - Notes On Machine Slaughter and Meat

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00000444.aspx - RE: Supermarket Meat. Doesn't Shaykh Yusuf Qaradawi say it is 100% fine? What are his reasons?

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00002749.aspx - Supermarket Meat is Not Halal - A comprehensive fatwa on a very common and serious question.

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00000449.aspx - Supermarket Zabiha?

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00003723.aspx - Is there any objection to the halal frozen food brands of "Al-Safa" and "Crescent"?

Also Related:

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00000447.aspx - Slaughtering the Animal

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00003819.aspx - All conditions of slaughtering must be met in order for the animal to be rendered lawful

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00003813.aspx - Are there specific recitations when fish are killed to make them halal or are they halal without recitation?

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00000432.aspx - Is kosher meat halal?

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00000437.aspx - Meat in the West

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00002275.aspx - Non-Muslims' Meat Claims

http://www.sunnipath.com/resources/Questions/QA00003720.aspx - I live in UK, and its hard to find halal meat, am I allowed in Islam to eat non-sacrificed meat?

Wassalam,

Hanafi Fiqh Team