The increase in blood money during a settlement between quarreling parties
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Question:
The last question. The last question, may Allah do you good. When we mediate between quarreling parties and we increase, meaning we increase the settlement, for example, if the compensation for a head wound is one-third of the blood money, we make it more than one-third of the blood money so that we may remove the grudges from the hearts, as a settlement and not as an obligation. Is there any harm in this?
Answer:
My brother, the ruling on wounds, retaliation, and other such matters is among the affairs of the courts, the affairs of the judges. Do not intervene in them; this is not a matter of settlement. There are established rulings in the Shari'ah regarding these matters, and one must refer to the judge. Yes.
The last question. The last question, may Allah do you good. When we mediate between quarreling parties and we increase, meaning we increase the settlement, for example, if the compensation for a head wound is one-third of the blood money, we make it more than one-third of the blood money so that we may remove the grudges from the hearts, as a settlement and not as an obligation. Is there any harm in this?
Answer:
My brother, the ruling on wounds, retaliation, and other such matters is among the affairs of the courts, the affairs of the judges. Do not intervene in them; this is not a matter of settlement. There are established rulings in the Shari'ah regarding these matters, and one must refer to the judge. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (058) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1435-07-16] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (40:43)
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