What is the meaning of Halal meat: Is it meat that is not pork, or must the name of God be mentioned upon slaughter?

"Halal" is broader than just meat; it includes plants, unless they are intoxicants, impure, or harmful. It also includes marine animals without the need for naming or slaughter, based on the verse: "Lawful to you is game from the sea and its food as provision for you and the travelers."

As for land animals, their meat is permissible to eat only if slaughtered by a Muslim or a person of the Book (Christian or Jew), through ذبح (slaughtering) or نحر (stabbing in the jugular), provided that no name other than Allah's was invoked over it. This is based on the verses: "He has only forbidden to you dead animals, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah," and "This day [all] good foods have been made lawful, and the food of those who were given the Scripture is lawful for you."

It is not permissible to eat what has been killed by stunning or similar methods, because it falls under the general prohibition of carrion, as stated in the verse: "Forbidden to you are carrion, blood, the flesh of swine, and that which has been dedicated to other than Allah, and [animals] strangled, and beaten to death, and those fallen from a height, and those gored by horns."

Regarding halal butcheries, even if they are an hour away, this distance is not a justification for being negligent in obtaining halal meat. One can go there weekly or take turns with others.