If you visit a Muslim brother and he serves you food, is it permissible for you to ask him about its source and from whom he bought it?

The questioner : If I am a Muslim brother—if I visit a Muslim brother and he serves me food—is it permissible for me to ask about its source and from whom he bought it?

The Shaykh : The matter varies from region to region. If the food that a Muslim serves to his Muslim brother is in Islamic lands where it is predominant that the slaughtered animals are Islamic slaughters, then there is no need to ask here. However, if the situation is different, such as if the Muslim serving the food is in a land of the disbelievers, and it is known that they do not slaughter there except rarely, or if he is in an Islamic land but some meats are imported into it about which people often question the ruling—whether it is a slaughtered animal or a dead animal—then in these two cases, this Muslim to whom that food was served has the right to ask, because the reason for asking exists due to the strong doubt as to whether this meat is from a slaughtered animal or a dead one.
As for Islamic lands where none of these doubts are known, the original ruling is not to ask. Yes.

The questioner : ... In our lands here, we receive chicken from Denmark, from Brazil, France... and most people buy these types; is there any prohibition in this?

The Shaykh : I have answered this. I said: Either it is in a foreign land or in a land to which such meats are brought, in which case there is doubt, so I answered regarding this and that.
Yes.