An Animal Slaughtered by a Person Whose Islam Is Not Known

Question

If some man is slaughtering a goat belonging to a Muslim, and that Muslim sees him, but it is not known whether the slaughterer was a Muslim or not, or belonged to some other religion, and he ran away immediately after slaughtering — is it permissible for that Muslim to eat what this man slaughtered or not?

Answer

If the heart testifies that he was a Muslim and slaughtered in accordance with the Shari‘a, then it is permissible to eat it. (Non-Muslims generally do not perform slaughter.)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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