Food & Nourishment -, Ruling on meat slaughted by a Kitaabi if at the time of slaughter he says “In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit”.Dought & clear -,

Ive read your fetwa on the subject mentioned but according to our
country's context, its a little bit different which forced me to ask
further explanation. You mentioned that a meat slaughtered by ahlel
kitab can be eaten provided that it is slaughtered in the name of
Allah. In another fetwa in your site, it is also mentioned that we
don't need to ask whether that specific meat is slaughtered in the
name of Allah, as long as it is slaughtered by a Muslim or a kitabiy.
In our country (Ethiopia), we already know that Christians most of the
time slaughter after saying: " In the name of the father (referring to
God),the Son, and the holy spirit". So, can we consider their being
ahlel kitab and eat their meat with out asking about what has been
mentioned during slaughtering, or do we have to take all their meat as
unlawful?.
Praise be to Allaah.
It is permissible to eat meat slaughtered by a Kitaabi (a Jew or a
Christian) subject to two conditions:
1. That the meat is slaughtered as the Muslims slaughter it, by
cutting the trachea and oesophagus and draining the blood. If he kills
it by strangulation, electric shock or drowning in water, thenthe meat
he has slaughtered is not halaal. The same applies if the Muslim does
that; the meat he has slaughtered is not halaal.
2. That no name other than the name of Allah, such as the name of
the Messiah or any other name, is mentioned overit, because Allah, may
He be exalted, says (interpretation of the meaning): "Eat not (O
believers) of that (meat) on which Allah's Name has not been
pronounced (at the time of the slaughtering of the animal)" [al-An'aam
6:121]. And He says concerning haraam foods: "He has forbiddenyou only
the Maytatah (dead animals), and blood, and the flesh of swine, and
that which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others than Allah (or has
been slaughtered for idols, etc., on which Allah's Name has not been
mentioned while slaughtering)" [al-Baqarah 2:173].
Shaykh Ibn 'Uthaymeen (may Allah have mercy on him) said: What is
meant here is that on which a name other than the name of Allah was
mentioned at the time of slaughter, such as saying "In the name of the
Messiah" or "in the name of Muhammad" or "in the name of Jibreel" or
"in the name of al-Laat" andthe like.
End quote from Tafseer Soorat al-Baqarah.
It says in Fataawa al-Lajnah ad-Daa'imah (22/387): The basic principle
with regard to the permissibility of meat slaughtered by the People of
the Book is theverse in which Allah, may He be exalted, says
(interpretation of the meaning): "The food (slaughtered cattle,
eatable animals, etc.) of the people of the Scripture (Jews and
Christians) is lawful to you" [al-Maa'idah 5:5]. Ibn 'Abbaas explained
the word "food" here as referring to meat slaughtered by them, which
is one of two interpretations of this verse. If a Kitaabi slaughters
an animal, if we know that he mentioned the name of Allah over it, it
is permissible to eat it, but if we know that he mentioned the name of
someone other than Allah over it, then it is not permissible to eat
it, because of the general meaning of the words ofAllah
(interpretation of the meaning): "Eat not (O believers) of that (meat)
on which Allahs Name has not been pronounced (at the time of the
slaughtering of the animal), for sure it is Fisq (a sin and
disobedience of Allah)" [al-An'aam 6:121], and His words concerning
haraam foods: "and that which is slaughtered as a sacrifice for others
than Allah (or has been slaughtered for idols, etc., on which Allah's
Name has not been mentioned while slaughtering)" [al-Baqarah 2:173].
If wedo not know whether the name of Allah or the name of someone or
something else was mentioned over it, then the basic principle is
thatmeat slaughtered by them is permissible.
End quote.
If it is known that the Kitaabi mentions the name of someone other
than Allah, and says "In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy
Spirit," it is not permissible to eat meat slaughtered by him, because
it is something that has been slaughtered for someone other than
Allah. It does not make a difference if he means Allah when he says
"the Father" – as you say in your question – because by saying "[and]
the Son and the Holy Spirit", it is slaughtered in the name of someone
other than Allah. So it is not permissible to eat the meat when these
names have been said over it.

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