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What is the ruling on a woman slaughtering an animal? And is purity from menstruation required for her to slaughter?

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Women are like men in the rulings of slaughter, and a menstruating woman is like any other woman in this regard. So, if a woman slaughters, even if she is menstruating, and fulfills the conditions considered for slaughter, her slaughtered animal is lawful. It is not required for her to be pure from her menstruation to slaughter. This is indicated by what Al-Bukhari narrated from Ka’b ibn Malik, that a young girl of theirs slaughtered a sheep, and the Prophet (peace be upon him) commanded that it be eaten, without seeking further details about her. Ibn al-Mundhir conveyed the consensus on the lawfulness of the slaughtered animal by one who is in a state of major ritual impurity (junub) or a menstruating woman.

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