What are the conditions for slaughtering according to the Maaliki Math-hab?

Answer

The compulsory requisites of Thabah according to the Maaliki Math-hab are as follows: a) The slaughterer must be a sane Muslim or a Kitaabi (Jew or Christian). b) All three neck vessels must be severed. These are the windpipe and the two jugular veins. The gullet should also be cut, but it is not a compulsory condition for Maalikis. This does not mean that severing the gullet should be intentionally omitted. c) The neck vessels must be cut from the front, i.e. the throat-side. d) The slaughtering must be by a sharp instrument, e.g. knife. e) The slaughterer should not lift the knife before completing the slaughter. If the hand is lifted momentarily, but immediately returned, it will be regarded as if the knife was not lifted. But a delay will render the animal haraam. f) Niyyat (intention) and Tasmiyah. g) The act of cutting must be simultaneous with the Niyyat of making the animal halaal. If for example the intention is only to kill the animal, then it will not be halaal even if slaughtered correctly.