The word · Law & life
ذَبيحة
Dhabihah
Meat from an animal slaughtered in the Islamic way, with the name of Allah pronounced over it.
Also written · Zabiha · Zabihah · Dhabiha · Zabeeha · Dhabh · Zabh · Tasmiyah · Nahr · halal slaughter · halal meat · ritual slaughter · Islamic slaughter · halal butchery
The meaning
What Dhabihah means in Islam
The throat is cut swiftly with a sharp blade, severing the windpipe and the blood vessels, and the animal must be alive and treated gently beforehand; the Prophet ordered the blade to be sharpened, the animal spared distress, and the knife kept out of its sight. The Qur'an also permits the food of the People of the Book, and scholars differ over whether ordinary commercial meat in Jewish and Christian countries falls under that permission. Pork, blood, carrion and anything dedicated to other than Allah remain forbidden either way.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- HalalPermitted. Anything revelation has not forbidden, which is the great majority of things.حَلال
- HaramForbidden. Leaving it is rewarded, and doing it deliberately is a sin.حَرام
- KhamrIntoxicants. Wine and anything else that clouds the mind, forbidden in the Qur'an.خَمْر
- HadyThe animal offered in Makkah by pilgrims performing tamattu' or qiran, and its meat given away.هَدْي
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