Do we eat from the slaughter of the People of the Book, knowing that in these days they have become atheists in their actions and words?

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, he says: Do we eat from the slaughter of the People of the Book, knowing that in these days they are no longer People of the Book, but have become atheists in their actions and words?

Answer:
Allah named them the People of the Book, and they say that Allah is the third of three, and that Allah is the Messiah, son of Mary, and He named them the People of the Book, so they are the People of the Book. Even if they commit shirk (associating partners with Allah), they are the People of the Book. This description is not taken from them except from those who disbelieved in the Book, in their Book. If they disbelieved in their Book, and disbelieved in 'Isa, and disbelieved in the messengers, they become atheists. As long as they believe in 'Isa, and believe in the messengers, and believe in their Book, which is the Torah and the Gospel, even if they distort it and even if they commit shirk, they are People of the Book.
And Allah knows what they are upon, and knows what they will be in the end of times, and yet He named them the People of the Book.