What is the criterion for a People of the Book whose slaughter is eaten and whose marriage is permissible?
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The questioner : The question asks: What is the criterion for a People of the Book to remain upon their religion, which permits us to marry them and eat their food?
The Shaykh : The criterion is that he remains affiliated with it by name, not by practice, because this was never the case, not on any day, nor on the day when the saying of Blessed and Exalted is He was revealed:[Al-Ma'idah 5:5] He said about them... may Allah have mercy on you... He said about them: [Al-Ma'idah 5:73] And this is my answer.
The Shaykh : The criterion is that he remains affiliated with it by name, not by practice, because this was never the case, not on any day, nor on the day when the saying of Blessed and Exalted is He was revealed:
and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you
و طعام الذين أوتوا الكتاب حلّ لكمThey have certainly disbelieved who say, "Allah is the third of three."
لقد كفر الذين قالوا إن الله ثالث ثلاثة
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