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”
Question

                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 Allah.
    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, then the 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 over it, 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 
    forbidden you 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” and the 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 the verse 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 of Allah (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 we do 
    not know whether the name of Allah or the name of someone or something else 
    was mentioned over it, then the basic principle is that meat 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. 

    See also the answer to question no.
    3261. 

    And Allah knows best.