What is the ruling on meat slaughtered by a person who claims the animal is forbidden to them, without proof of that prohibition?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Hunting and Slaughter

Book 56 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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The meat slaughtered is lawful (halal). This is due to the generality of the verse permitting the food of the People of the Book (Quran 5:5). The mere assertion that something is forbidden is not accepted.