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Is The Aggression During Slaughtering An Animal In Line With Fitrah?
Assalamu Alaikum,
According to the concept of fitrah — our natural, God-given nature — we are inclined toward mercy, kindness, and avoiding unnecessary harm.Part of this fitrah seems to include a natural emotional resistance to the sight of blood, pain, or the killing of living beings — especially animals that have done no harm.
Question is:— When someone performs Qurbani, they often need to show a certain level of firmness — or what may look like controlled aggression — to carry out the act.This is because the natural human response is hesitation, emotional discomfort, or even revulsion.Humans usually need to mentally prepare themselves before cutting the throat and seeing the blood gushing out.This act of “mental preparation” — done in order to override the natural emotional reaction — could be argued by some as a corruption or suppression of human nature, because it requires silencing an inner resistance that is part of our fitrah.Even children are often advised not to watch such scenes, which shows how emotionally sensitive we naturally are to them.
So my main question is:
Is this kind of firmness or controlled aggression part of our fitrah ?
Or is it something that goes against fitrah, but is allowed by Allah.
Note: My question is not about the permissibility of eating meat, but about the process of slaughtering — and whether the emotional and moral struggle involved aligns with or contradicts the human fitrah.
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Is The Aggression During Slaughtering An Animal In Line With Fitrah?
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Both good and evil are inherent aspects of nature. Compassion and cruelty are also natural instincts.
While slaughtering animals may appear to contradict the instinct of mercy, it is permitted because God has allowed it. Just as God has permitted animals to hunt one another, He has likewise granted humans the right to slaughter animals for their sustenance.
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