The method by which an animal/bird is slaughtered renders its meat Halal or Haram. For meat to be halal, the following conditions must be met:
- animal/bird must be of permissible specie, i.e, poultry, ovine and bovine (pork is not a Halal specie)
- animal/bird must be alive at the time of slaughter
- the slaughter knife must be sharp
- Each animal/bird must be blessed by mentioning Tasmiyah (In the name of God, the God is great) at the time of performing the neck cut
- all flowing blood must be drained out and animal/bird must be dead prior to any further processing