What is the ruling on eating French chicken that has been slaughtered?

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: It is their food, 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? No, rather, we should not ask how they slaughtered them?

The questioner : To save time.

The Shaykh : Why? Because the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), who is the master of the most scrupulous,

The questioner : Aywah.

The Shaykh : A Jewish woman presented to him a sheep in Khaybar. He did not eat from it because he did not know how it had been slaughtered. If you have made a mistake, correct me,

The questioner : Yes.

The Shaykh : A mistake? Well, then a woman presented to him a sheep in Khaybar, and she was a Jewish woman, a Jewish woman, so he ate from it and did not ask her how she had slaughtered it, nor did he ask her whether she had pronounced the name of Allah over it or not. A Jew invited him to barley bread and a sauce of rancid fat. He ate the barley bread, which is known, and the rancid fat sauce. Rancid fat is fat whose smell has changed. So the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) ate from that, yes.
He ate from it and did not ask him how he had slaughtered it, nor whether he had pronounced the name of Allah over it. In Sahih al-Bukhari, it is narrated 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) and said: O Messenger of Allah, indeed She said: They were recent converts from disbelief. What does "recent converts from disbelief" mean?

The questioner : It means they recently entered Islam.

The Shaykh : Yes, well, it means they recently became Muslims, and generally, a Muslim who has recently converted 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: Do they pronounce the name over the slaughter or over the eating? It is not over the slaughter? Why is it not over the slaughter? Because you, the slaughterer, what is the benefit after you slaughter and say "In the name of Allah"? It does not benefit. "Pronounce the name" 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, 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.