The Ruling on the Slaughter of the People of the Book
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This is a message from the listener, Adel Nasser al-Fasam, in which he says: What is the ruling on eating the chicken that comes to us from France, which we hear is slaughtered by electricity? And what is the duty of the Ministry of Commerce in this regard? Please inform us, may Allah guide you.
Answer: This is a topic that has been raised more than once. We have spoken about it more than once, and we have spoken with the Ministry of Commerce about it more than once, and correspondence has taken place between us and them regarding it. What is known from them is that everything that arrives in this country is known to be lawful, and that there is no doubt in it, and that it is among the good things known in terms of slaughter and in other respects. The original ruling is also that what comes from the lands of the People of the Book is lawful. This is the original ruling: what comes to us from the lands of the People of the Book, from the Christians and the Jews, the original ruling is that it is lawful. This is because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has made lawful for us the food of the People of the Book, and their food is their slaughtered animals. So what comes from France, or from England, or from Denmark, or the like of that from the lands of the Christians, and likewise the lands of the Jews—if there were a connection between us and them—it is lawful for us. This is because it is from their food, and it is not upon us to investigate and say: perhaps this, perhaps that. However, if we know that it was slaughtered in a manner contrary to the Shari'ah, such as strangling or stunning with electricity, or the like of that, if we know this about this slaughtered animal or this meat, we do not eat it. But if we do not know, the original ruling is lawfulness, just as with the slaughtered animals of the Muslims; the original ruling for them is lawfulness until we know that this Muslim slaughtered it in a non-Shari'ah manner, such as strangling. By doing this, we have taken the dispensation and ease, and we have left off hardship and difficulty. Yes.
Answer: This is a topic that has been raised more than once. We have spoken about it more than once, and we have spoken with the Ministry of Commerce about it more than once, and correspondence has taken place between us and them regarding it. What is known from them is that everything that arrives in this country is known to be lawful, and that there is no doubt in it, and that it is among the good things known in terms of slaughter and in other respects. The original ruling is also that what comes from the lands of the People of the Book is lawful. This is the original ruling: what comes to us from the lands of the People of the Book, from the Christians and the Jews, the original ruling is that it is lawful. This is because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, has made lawful for us the food of the People of the Book, and their food is their slaughtered animals. So what comes from France, or from England, or from Denmark, or the like of that from the lands of the Christians, and likewise the lands of the Jews—if there were a connection between us and them—it is lawful for us. This is because it is from their food, and it is not upon us to investigate and say: perhaps this, perhaps that. However, if we know that it was slaughtered in a manner contrary to the Shari'ah, such as strangling or stunning with electricity, or the like of that, if we know this about this slaughtered animal or this meat, we do not eat it. But if we do not know, the original ruling is lawfulness, just as with the slaughtered animals of the Muslims; the original ruling for them is lawfulness until we know that this Muslim slaughtered it in a non-Shari'ah manner, such as strangling. By doing this, we have taken the dispensation and ease, and we have left off hardship and difficulty. Yes.
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