Title: Is machine slaughter halal or haram?

Question: I live in Australia, and here are some concepts of machine slaughter animals Machine slaughter means- in slaughter houses the chicken hang in machine and in loud speaker they play recording of Bismillahi Allahu Akbar sound and machine cuts the chicken neck (no human involved in slaughtering chicken, all machine does). And I also heard in some slaughter houses a man speak in mike Bismillahi Allahu Akbar but still machine cut the chicken neck I want to know is this halal... Can I eat this kind of chicken or not We also have hand slaughter chicken (in this a man will slaughter chicken)?

Answer ID: 182932Posted on: Oct 27, 2021

Bismillah hir-Rahman nir-Rahim !

(Fatwa: 212/182/N=3/1443)

(1 & 2) In Islam, machine slaughter is haram and carrion, even if a person is standing there and saying Bismillahi Allahu Akbar loudly on a loudspeaker or a recorded Bismillah is played on a loudspeaker, so you should never eat this type of chicken, it must be avoided.