1 The Virtues of Surah Al-Ma'idah; When It was Revealed Surah to ...

During the time of Jahiliyyah, the people used to
eat the sheep, camel, or cow that were partly
eaten by a wild animal. Allah prohibited this
practice for the believers.
Allah's statement,
unless you are able to slaughter it,
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إِلا َّ مَا ذَآ َّيْتُمْ‏ ...
before it dies, due to the causes mentioned
above. This part of the Ayah is connected to,
وَالْمُنْخَنِقَةُ‏ وَالْمَوْقُوذَةُ‏ وَالْمُتَرَد ِّیَةُ‏ وَالن َّطِيحَةُ‏ وَمَا أَآَلَ‏ الس َّبُعُ‏
and that which has been killed by strangling, or
by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall, or by the
goring of horns - and that which has been (partly)
eaten by a wild animal.
Ali bin Abi Talhah reported that Ibn Abbas commented
on Allah's statement, ذَآ َّيْتُمْ‏ (unless you are able to
slaughter it),
إِلا َّ مَا
"Unless you are able to slaughter the animal in
the cases mentioned in the Ayah while it is still
alive, then eat it, for it was properly slaughtered.''
Similar was reported from Sa`id bin Jubayr, Al-
Hasan Al-Basri and As-Suddi.
Ibn Jarir recorded that Ali, may Allah be pleased with
him, said,
"If you are able to slaughter the animal that has
been hit by a violent blow, or by a headlong fall,
or by the gorging of horns while it still moves a
foot or a leg, then eat from its meat.''
Similar was reported from Tawus, Al-Hasan, Qatadah,
Ubayd bin Umayr, Ad-Dahhak and several others, that;
if the animal that is being slaughtered still moves,
thus demonstrating that it is still alive while
slaughtering, then it is lawful.
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