What is the ruling on purchasing chicken meat from German stores that are subject to regulation, if the method of slaughter involves stunning the birds with carbon dioxide or electric shock before slaughtering them by cutting the arteries, knowing that the available halal meats are either not fresh or expired?

The method of slaughter mentioned is not without its shortcomings, the most important of which is the use of gas and electric stunning, which may lead to the death of the chickens before slaughter. The European Council for Fatwa and Research has ruled that it is not permissible to consume what is slaughtered by these methods, because the basic principle concerning slaughtered animals is prohibition until their permissibility is known, especially in countries where slaughter by non-Shariah methods is prevalent.