The ruling on asking about the invocation of Allah’s name in the slaughter of the Christians
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the slaughter of the Christians conforms to the Shari'ah method, do we ask them about the invocation of Allah’s name before the slaughter?
Answer:
No. If they slaughter according to the Shari'ah method, then all of their slaughtered animals are [permissible], for Allah has made them lawful.[Al-Ma'idah 5:5] So if he slaughters it according to the Shari'ah method, that is sufficient, and you do not ask whether he invoked the name of Allah upon it or not. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: If the slaughter of the Christians conforms to the Shari'ah method, do we ask them about the invocation of Allah’s name before the slaughter?
Answer:
No. If they slaughter according to the Shari'ah method, then all of their slaughtered animals are [permissible], for Allah has made them lawful.
and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you
وَطَعَامُ الَّذِينَ أُوتُوا الْكِتَابَ حِلٌّ لَّكُمْ
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من قول المُصَنِّف : والمقصود : أن من علامات أمراض القلوب عدولها عن الأغذية النافعة — islamhouse.com (1:12:50)
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