What is the ruling on the slaughter of one who abandons prayer, even if he mentions the name of Allah over the slaughter, and what is the ruling on eating from the slaughters in a country where the majority of its people abandon prayer?
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The questioner : His first question says: If a person does not pray, then slaughters an animal and mentions the name of Allah over it, is it permissible to eat from it or not? And if you are in a country where the majority of its people abandon prayer, what is the ruling on eating from the slaughters found in their markets?
The Shaykh : The slaughter of a person who does not pray is lawful if he mentions the name of Allah over it, according to the view of those who say that one does not become a disbeliever by abandoning prayer. However, according to the view of those who say that one who abandons prayer becomes a disbeliever, which is the correct view, his slaughter is not lawful, because the slaughter of a non-Muslim is not lawful unless he is from the People of the Book, namely the Jews and the Christians. An apostate is not from the People of the Book, neither from the Jews nor from the Christians. Therefore, according to the stronger position, his slaughter is not lawful.
As for the answer to the second question, or the second part of the question, which is if a person is in a country where the people are not Muslims, does he eat from their slaughter? We say that if the people of this country are from the People of the Book, then their slaughters are lawful, by the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Al-Ma'idah 5:5] Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Their food is their slaughters", and it is so. It is established that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from the sheep that a Jewish woman brought to him in Khaybar, and he ate from the food of a Jew who invited him, which contained a thick sauce of rancid fat. Rancid fat is fat that has changed. And if the people of these lands are not from the People of the Book, then it is not permissible to eat from their slaughters, because they are not Muslims and not from the People of the Book, so their slaughters are forbidden and not to be eaten. Yes.
The Shaykh : The slaughter of a person who does not pray is lawful if he mentions the name of Allah over it, according to the view of those who say that one does not become a disbeliever by abandoning prayer. However, according to the view of those who say that one who abandons prayer becomes a disbeliever, which is the correct view, his slaughter is not lawful, because the slaughter of a non-Muslim is not lawful unless he is from the People of the Book, namely the Jews and the Christians. An apostate is not from the People of the Book, neither from the Jews nor from the Christians. Therefore, according to the stronger position, his slaughter is not lawful.
As for the answer to the second question, or the second part of the question, which is if a person is in a country where the people are not Muslims, does he eat from their slaughter? We say that if the people of this country are from the People of the Book, then their slaughters are lawful, by the saying of Allah the Exalted: