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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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On killing a group of people by mistake and the number of expiations

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Question:
What is the ruling if a person kills a group of people by mistake? Is it obligatory for him to pay an expiation for each of them?

Answer:
This has been mentioned before: it is obligatory for him to pay an expiation for each soul he killed by mistake.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 79 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الديات|باب كفارة القتل|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:08:00)

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