The ruling on eating the slaughtered animals of those who claim affiliation with the People of the Book

Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, in this time most of the People of the Book are considered materialists. So is it safer to leave off eating, to leave off eating from what they have slaughtered?

Answer:
No, my brother, they are not considered materialists. Whoever claims affiliation with the People of the Book is a follower of a Book. The materialists have no Book at all and no creed at all. They disbelieve in the messengers and oppose the messengers, and they deny the resurrection. As for the People of the Book, no, they acknowledge the resurrection and they believe in the messengers in general. And Allah has permitted us to eat the slaughtered animals of the People of the Book, and He knows what is in them, and He, Glorified and Exalted is He, knows what is in them. And despite this, He has permitted us their slaughtered animals. As long as he is a follower of a Book, his slaughtered animal is lawful for us, acting in accordance with the verse, because he has not exited from being among the People of the Book.