Is it permissible to eat chicken when you are unsure whether the slaughterer invoked the name of Allah upon it?
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The questioner : Now, the second question.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The issue of slaughter, specifically the slaughter of chickens in the country, is what I am referring to. I remember going to the slaughterhouse a long time ago, and I asked you to describe the conditions you observed regarding the invocation of the name.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I told you that they do not invoke the name upon them. I said to you, as long as they do not invoke the name, it is not permissible to eat it. There is another friend who called, and you told him: if you do not know whether they invoke the name or not, I will tell you that there are slaughterhouses in the country other than this one. So you told him: if you do not know whether they invoke the name or not, then invoke the name yourself and eat.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : It does not mean that in any slaughterhouse other than this one, you should invoke the name and eat.
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, the issue has two aspects.
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh : The aspect of lawful slaughter and the aspect of the lawful invocation.
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh : If you know, or if it is most likely in your opinion, that they slaughtered it and did not kill it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is permissible to eat it. And if you are unsure whether they invoked the name or not, then you invoke the name yourself and eat, as long as it is a slaughtered animal.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : However, if it is a killed animal, it is not lawful, even if the name is invoked upon it a hundred times.
The questioner : Yes, you are saying here that if you are unsure whether they invoked the name or not. But if you are certain that they do not invoke the name.
The Shaykh : In that case, invoke the name of Allah and eat.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : The issue of slaughter, specifically the slaughter of chickens in the country, is what I am referring to. I remember going to the slaughterhouse a long time ago, and I asked you to describe the conditions you observed regarding the invocation of the name.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : I told you that they do not invoke the name upon them. I said to you, as long as they do not invoke the name, it is not permissible to eat it. There is another friend who called, and you told him: if you do not know whether they invoke the name or not, I will tell you that there are slaughterhouses in the country other than this one. So you told him: if you do not know whether they invoke the name or not, then invoke the name yourself and eat.
The Shaykh : Yes, that is correct.
The questioner : It does not mean that in any slaughterhouse other than this one, you should invoke the name and eat.
The Shaykh : Yes, my brother, the issue has two aspects.
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh : The aspect of lawful slaughter and the aspect of the lawful invocation.
The questioner: Yes
The Shaykh : If you know, or if it is most likely in your opinion, that they slaughtered it and did not kill it.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : Then it is permissible to eat it. And if you are unsure whether they invoked the name or not, then you invoke the name yourself and eat, as long as it is a slaughtered animal.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : However, if it is a killed animal, it is not lawful, even if the name is invoked upon it a hundred times.
The questioner : Yes, you are saying here that if you are unsure whether they invoked the name or not. But if you are certain that they do not invoke the name.
The Shaykh : In that case, invoke the name of Allah and eat.
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