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What is the ruling on eating an animal that has been struck (to death) if it is reached while still alive and slaughtered?

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Eating of an animal that has been gored to death (an-natihah), or any other animal that can benefit from ritual slaughter, is permissible if it is ritually slaughtered while still having a spark of life, due to the Almighty's saying: "Except that which you [yourselves] slaughter." This exception refers to animals strangled to death (al-munkhaniqah), beaten to death (al-mawqudhah), fallen to death (al-mutaraddiyah), or gored to death (an-natihah). So, whatever of these is caught while still moving and is ritually slaughtered in a lawful manner, it may be eaten. Imam Malik said in al-Muwatta': "If he slaughters it while its life is still flowing and its eyes are blinking, then let him eat it."

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