Is it permissible to eat imported chicken from the lands of the People of the Book?

The questioner : This questioner says: Is it permissible to eat the meat of French chicken, which they say is slaughtered in a manner not in accordance with the Shari'ah?

The Shaykh : Allah the Exalted has permitted us to eat the food of those who were given the Scripture. He the Exalted said: And what is the food of those who were given the Scripture? The interpreter of 'Abdullah ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) explained it, saying: "Their food is their slaughtered animals." So the slaughtered animals of the Jews and the Christians are lawful for us, and it is not required of us to ask how they slaughtered them. In fact, we should not ask how they slaughtered them. Why? Because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the master of the most scrupulous,

Another questioner : matters.

The Shaykh : A Jewish woman brought him a sheep in Khaybar. So he did not eat from it because he did not know how it was slaughtered. If you have made a mistake, correct me,

Another questioner : No, no, no.

The Shaykh : mistake? Okay, so a Jewish woman gifted him a sheep in Khaybar, a Jewish woman, and he ate from it and did not ask her how she slaughtered it, nor did he ask her whether she had named [Allah] over it or not. And a Jew invited him to barley bread and a thick soup of rancid fat. The barley bread is known, and the thick soup of rancid fat is fat whose smell has changed, fat with a changed smell. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from that, yes. He ate from it and did not ask him how he slaughtered it or whether he named Allah over it.
And in Sahih al-Bukhari, from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), that a group of people came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: O Messenger of Allah, indeed She said: And they were recent converts from disbelief. What does "recent converts from disbelief" mean?

The questioner : It means his conversion is recent from disbelief, meaning he entered Islam recently.

The Shaykh : It means they became Muslim recently, and the norm is that a recent Muslim does not know the rulings of the Shari'ah. But the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), to block the door of excessive difficulty and strictness, said: Name [Allah] over the slaughter or over the eating? Is it not over the slaughter? Why is it not over the slaughter? Because you, the slaughter—what is the benefit after you slaughter and say "In the name of Allah"? It does not benefit. Name [Allah] means over the eating. And it is as if the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) is saying to them: You are not responsible for the actions of others and the deeds of others, but you are responsible for your own actions. So the one who slaughters is responsible for the slaughter, and the one who eats is responsible for the eating.