An interjection by Abu Malik Ibrahim Shuqara regarding imported meat; is it slaughtered according to the Shari'ah?

The questioner : ... that three planes of meat arrived... they said: we have a committee... .
Abu Malik: Abu Malik.

The questioner: Go ahead.
Abu Malik: Let me tell you this story that happened to me, and I asked the meat importers, who are naturally the owners of the companies that import tens, or even hundreds of thousands, of animals. The last one, a few days ago, I found him in front of his office or in front of his shop, so I asked him. I said: O Shaykh, excuse me, this company that imports this meat, I want to ask you: is this meat meat that I can be reassured about? Because I told him: when I want to buy a kilo of meat now, it is expensive, differing by about half the value, so when you reassure me, naturally this question that... when you reassure me that, by Allah, this meat is lawful, or that this meat has been named upon and slaughtered with a Shari'ah slaughter, I am reassured and I eat, and I want your testimony! This importer is the owner of the company.

The questioner : Excellent.
Abu Malik: Yes, that is right.
What did he say to me? He said to me: By Allah, we mean we know that those who slaughter name it. I said to him: Did you witness this? He said: No, I did not witness it. I said to him: But is it certain? He said to me: By Allah, this is what we know. I said to him: Okay; very good. I said to him: Do you know that those who slaughter usually... mean they name them "imported goods"? He said to me: Correct. I said to him: Do you think that in every shipment of the shipments, there are some Muslims in them who slaughter? He was silent here, he said: I cannot. I said to him: I want to assume that in every hundred heads, ninety-nine are slaughtered with a Shari'ah slaughter, and one head is not slaughtered with a Shari'ah slaughter; so what do you say then? He was silent, he was completely silent, I said to him: Then - may Allah bless you - I... the session with you; because this money that you take as the price for this, this is haram money, it is not permissible at all in the Shari'ah.

The Shaykh : Ya Latif (O Magnificent).
Abu Malik: Yes, by Allah, he was completely silent!

The Shaykh: But - may Allah bless you - did you ask him about the naming?
Abu Malik: No, about the slaughter, I said to him: Is it slaughtered with a Shari'ah slaughter; meaning is it slaughtered and named upon? He said to me: By Allah, this is what we know.
Abu Layla: Our Shaykh, excuse me.

The questioner: He said: It is not possible for the halal specifically to be slaughtered... the method of electric stunning... .
Abu Malik: This is not correct - may Allah bless you - ... .

The Shaykh: Okay; now here is a point; do you have doubt that it is not slaughtered in Europe generally, in America? Do you have doubt that it is not slaughtered but killed by killing?

The questioner: Regarding the halal... .

The Shaykh: Excuse me, my brother - may Allah bless you -, for every question there is an answer, in Europe, in America, are the sheep and cows slaughtered with a Shari'ah slaughter in the Islamic way as you know?

The questioner: The one for which naming cannot be done, slaughter that cuts the necks, meaning?

The Shaykh: Leave the naming - my brother -, we are talking about the slaughter!

The questioner: Slaughter cutting the head, meaning... every eighty-eight heads... .

The Shaykh : Okay...
Abu Malik: May Allah guide you, O Mazen.

Another questioner : ... .

The Shaykh: My question is: you resorted to the cows, leave the cows now, are the sheep slaughtered?

The questioner: ... the slaughter in Europe; because as for the Sofia region specifically... my question was as follows: that there is a committee concerned with receiving these? He said: Yes. He said: The committee that receives the meat, do they supervise the process of slaughter? They said: Of course.
Abu Malik: When I tell you - O Mazen - another news.

The questioner : ... .
Abu Malik: No, do not take it, I want to tell you something: one of our brothers says: that I was able to become a millionaire!

The Shaykh: Allah is the Greatest!

The questioner: A millionaire from the earnings only that I just look the other way and put the "label", the "label" that these were exported with the knowledge of the Islamic association in such-and-such a country, do you see? I just put the "label", I imagine, he says to me I become very, very rich. He said: By the great Allah, I renounced this earnings; because I know that it is haram earnings - and I seek refuge in Allah! -, and I am certain that all the slaughters that are slaughtered there are not named upon and are not slaughtered in the way; they are not slaughtered with a Shari'ah slaughter.

The questioner: Confirming your words, Shaykh Abu Malik - may Allah reward you with good - yesterday I went to a butcher, so we were buying meat... he says to me: Bulgarian or not Bulgarian, he says to me: By Allah, when I come to slaughter the Bulgarian, meaning I cut it in half, the blood comes down as if a liver was poured, I say: Of course it is better, this is better than? He said to me: No, this is electrically stunned, specifically its blood is in it.

The Shaykh: There is no power nor strength except with Allah.
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The questioner: ... may Allah reward you with good, the issue of Afghanistan, the Shari'ah ruling in it regarding the mujahideen and their different factions?

The Shaykh : May Allah guide them.

The questioner: Amen, O Lord, do we need the Shari'ah ruling now?

The Shaykh: May Allah guide them, as he said - peace be upon him -, I ask Allah - Mighty and Majestic - that the ending be for the benefit of the Muslims, and if we do not make the vow... really.
Abu Malik: By Allah - our Shaykh - they say: the written is known from its title, when you see the one who occupies the position of Prime Minister, Head of State.

The Shaykh: This is a Sufi.
Abu Malik: Not a Sufi, it means a Sufi who is burned, saying that Allah - Mighty and Majestic - appointed in the earth the four poles to manage the movement of the earth
, and the people from above the earth.

The questioner: O Shaykh, is he a Shi'ah or a Sunni?
Abu Malik: No, he is from the people of the Sunnah.

The Shaykh: A Sunni, he may be that the Shi'ah is better than them.