The Ruling on Eating Meat Imported from the West
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the slaughter of polytheists is forbidden, is it permissible to eat imported meats from abroad, which come from the West?
Answer:
If the ones who slaughter them are not People of the Book, then they are not eaten. For example, the Majus (Zoroastrians), the communists, or the idolaters. Their slaughter is not eaten by consensus. However, if the People of the Book slaughter it and they slaughter it according to the Shari'ah method, then it is halal (lawful). And if they slaughter it other than according to the Shari'ah method, then it is haram (forbidden), even if a Muslim slaughters it other than according to the Shari'ah method, the slaughter is haram (forbidden). Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the slaughter of polytheists is forbidden, is it permissible to eat imported meats from abroad, which come from the West?
Answer:
If the ones who slaughter them are not People of the Book, then they are not eaten. For example, the Majus (Zoroastrians), the communists, or the idolaters. Their slaughter is not eaten by consensus. However, if the People of the Book slaughter it and they slaughter it according to the Shari'ah method, then it is halal (lawful). And if they slaughter it other than according to the Shari'ah method, then it is haram (forbidden), even if a Muslim slaughters it other than according to the Shari'ah method, the slaughter is haram (forbidden). Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 17 من 86 /شرح كتاب إغاثة اللهفان في مصائد الشيطان/أدران القلب/صالح الفوزان/العقيدة/كبار العلماء — youtube.com (46:34)
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