The Ruling on Slaughter for the People of the Book
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His Eminence the Shaykh: In our country, there are customs among the disbelievers; they do not eat the slaughtered animal unless a Muslim man slaughters it. This Muslim man takes a specific amount of money from them. Is this permissible?The Shaykh: Meaning: a fee for the slaughter?The questioner himself: Yes.
The Shaykh: First: the fact that they do not eat anything unless a Muslim slaughters it is an error; because Allah has made permissible for us what the Jews and the Christians slaughter, and He the Exalted said: [Al-Ma'idah: 5] Ibn 'Abbas (may Allah be pleased with him and his father) said: [Their food is their slaughter] So there are three categories of people whose slaughter is permissible: the Muslim, the Jew, and the Christian. If a Muslim slaughters an animal and asks for a fee for it, whether before or after the slaughter, there is no harm; because this is a permissible work, and taking a fee for permissible work is permissible.
The Shaykh: First: the fact that they do not eat anything unless a Muslim slaughters it is an error; because Allah has made permissible for us what the Jews and the Christians slaughter, and He the Exalted said: