What they said on the food of a Jew and a Christian

Sayyiduna Hulb (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the food of the Christians. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Let no food that you find resembling that of the Christians ever put doubt in your heart.

Nafi' (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) saw no harm in the food of the Jews and Christians.

Qays bin al-Sakan al-Asadi (may Allah have mercy on him) said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) stated: You are settling among the Persians and the Nabataeans. So when you buy meat from them, if it was slaughtered by a Jew or a Christian, eat it, and if a Magian slaughtered it, do not eat it.

Mujahid (may Allah have mercy on him) and Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him) both said concerning the Qur'anic verse: And the food of the People of the Book is lawful for you. By this is meant the animals slaughtered by the People of the Book.

From Mughirah, from Ibrahim, concerning: And the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you [Surah al-Ma'idah: 5]. They both said: It means the slaughtered animals.

Amr bin al-Durays al-Asadi (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I asked al-Sha'bi (may Allah have mercy on him): We are going to wage jihad in Armenia, which is a Christian land. What is your view on their slaughtered animals and their food? He (may Allah have mercy on him) said: When we went on campaign in a land, we would ask about its people. If they said: We are Jews or we are Christians, we would eat their slaughtered animals and their food, and we would cook in their vessels.