سورة الأنعام

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Ward ibn Zayd said: I said to Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): "What is your view about a Magian who says bismillah and slaughters an animal?" He said: "Eat of it." I said: "What if a Muslim slaughters without saying bismillah?" He said: "Do not eat of it, because Allah the Exalted says: فَکُلُوا مِمَّا ذُکِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَیْهِ [Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has been mentioned]. And He also says: وَ لا تَأْکُلُوا مِمَّا لَمْ یُذْکَرِ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَیْهِ [And do not eat of that on which Allah's name has not been mentioned]."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): فَکُلُواْ مِمَّا ذُکِرَ اسْمُ اللّهِ عَلَیْهِ [Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has been mentioned]; and as for [the Magians it must be said that] the Magians are not among the People of the Book, but as for the Jews and Christians, if they say بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمنِ الرَّحِیم [In the name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful], there is no problem.

Imam Baqir (peace be upon him): Imam Baqir (peace be upon him) was asked about the slaughter of a Jew, a Christian, and a Magian, and the slaughters of those who oppose [us], and he recited the saying of Allah the Mighty and Majestic: فَکُلُوا مِمَّا ذُکِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَیْهِ [Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has been mentioned], and said: "When you hear them mentioning the name of Allah [over it], eat, and that over which the name of Allah has not been mentioned, do not eat; and whoever among them is suspected of omitting the naming and does not regard it as obligatory, his slaughter must not be eaten unless one witnesses him at the time of slaughter and he slaughters according to the sunnah and mentions the name of Allah over it; and if he slaughters without being observed, it is not eaten."

Ali ibn Ibrahim (may Allah have mercy on him): فَکُلُواْ مِمَّا ذُکِرَ اسْمُ اللهِ عَلَیْهِ [Therefore eat of that on which Allah's name has been mentioned]; it refers to slaughtered animals.

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Muhammad ibn Muslim said: I asked him about a man who slaughters an animal and says لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللهُ [There is no god but Allah], or utters tasbih, or takbir, and he said: "All these (words) are among the names of Allah."

Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him): Ibn Sinan said: I asked Imam Sadiq (peace be upon him) about an animal slaughtered by a woman or a young boy: "May it be eaten?" He said: "Yes. If the woman is a Muslim and mentions the name of Allah, her slaughter is lawful; and if the young boy is strong enough to perform the slaughter and mentions the name of Allah, his slaughter is lawful. And if the man is a Muslim but forgets to say bismillah, there is no harm in eating [the animal that has been slaughtered], provided you do not suspect him."