1. According to a great number of renowned scholars, to remove the hide of an animal before the spirit leaves its body. The obligatory precaution is to refrain from doing this.
2. To slaughter an animal in an area where a similar animal is present. For example, to slaughter a sheep or a camel in an area where another sheep or camel can see it.
3. To slaughter an animal at night, unless one fears that it will die. The same applies to slaughtering before the time of zuhr on Friday. However, in the case of necessity, there is no problem in doing so.
4. A man who raised the quadruped slaughters it himself.