Cutting off a chicken's head while slaughtering it

A: If the person unintentionally separated the chicken’s head from its body without an intention to slaughter, it is regarded as Maytah (unslaughtered dead animal) and not Halal to eat, because saying Basmalah (saying, "Bismillah Al-Rahman, Al-Rahim [In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful]") and having the intention to slaughter are two of the conditions that make a slaughtering lawful. In this case there was no Basmalah and no intention. Allah (Exalted be He) says: Eat not (O believers) of that (meat) on which Allâh’s Name has not been pronounced (at the time of the slaughtering of the animal) It has been authentically reported that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said, “Actions are but by intentions.” However, if, when the person passed the knife over the chicken’s throat, they had intended to slaughter it lawfully and had mentioned the Name of Allah over it and slaughtered it in the correct place in the neck, i.e. By cutting the lower part of its neck including the throat, the esophagus, and the jugular veins, the meat is Halal and permissible to eat as all the conditions of lawful slaughtering were met. If the chicken was slaughtered from the back, and the throat and esophagus were cut while the chicken was stably alive, due to the sharpness of the knife and the speed of cutting, it would serve as lawful slaughtering and is permissible to eat, if the person had intended to slaughter and had said Basmalah at the time of slaughter. If they forgot to say Basmalah, this is not a problem (Part No. 22; Page No. 472) and it is permissible to eat the meat and the person will be excused for forgetting the Basmalah.May Allah grant us success. May peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and Companions.