The blood money for the victim of the accident is upon the family of the deceased who caused it
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A person caused an accident, which resulted in the death of another man, so he died, and the one who caused the accident also died. Is there anything required of the family of the one who caused the accident?
The Shaykh:
Yes, and even if the one who caused the accident were alive, the blood money is upon his kin (aqilah), not upon him. He is only required to perform the expiation. As for the blood money of the victim, it is upon the kin (aqilah), whether the killer is alive or dead.
The questioner:
Do they bear the burden of fasting on his behalf during his lifetime?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the fasting is upon the killer. If they volunteer to do it for him, treat him well, and fast on his behalf, that is good. Otherwise, fasting is not obligatory for them, because it remains in the debt of the deceased. If they clear him of it, they are doing a good deed, but if they do not clear him of it, it is not obligatory for them. This is unlike the blood money, which is originally obligatory upon them, and is not upon the one who caused the accident by mistake. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: A person caused an accident, which resulted in the death of another man, so he died, and the one who caused the accident also died. Is there anything required of the family of the one who caused the accident?
The Shaykh:
Yes, and even if the one who caused the accident were alive, the blood money is upon his kin (aqilah), not upon him. He is only required to perform the expiation. As for the blood money of the victim, it is upon the kin (aqilah), whether the killer is alive or dead.
The questioner:
Do they bear the burden of fasting on his behalf during his lifetime?
The Shaykh:
Yes, the fasting is upon the killer. If they volunteer to do it for him, treat him well, and fast on his behalf, that is good. Otherwise, fasting is not obligatory for them, because it remains in the debt of the deceased. If they clear him of it, they are doing a good deed, but if they do not clear him of it, it is not obligatory for them. This is unlike the blood money, which is originally obligatory upon them, and is not upon the one who caused the accident by mistake. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 30/26 شرح العقيدة السفارينية / صالح الفوزان — youtube.com (37:49)
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