The Ruling on Exaggerating Blood Money Amounts to High Sums
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Question:
This is Abu Hadi. He says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on exaggerating in blood money, where they demand imaginary sums that others are unable to pay?
Answer:
It causes hardship for the people, and this is what has put Muslims in a difficult position. This is what has caused retaliation to be lost; establishing retaliation has now become a commercial matter, bought and sold. The best and most preferable course is to forgive without taking anything. Whoever forgives and makes amends, his reward is with Allah. And if he must have money, let him take the moderate amount: money that does not burden the killer or the perpetrator, or his guarantors, or his relatives. It should be a moderate sum. Yes.
This is Abu Hadi. He says: Honorable Shaykh Salih, what is the ruling on exaggerating in blood money, where they demand imaginary sums that others are unable to pay?
Answer:
It causes hardship for the people, and this is what has put Muslims in a difficult position. This is what has caused retaliation to be lost; establishing retaliation has now become a commercial matter, bought and sold. The best and most preferable course is to forgive without taking anything. Whoever forgives and makes amends, his reward is with Allah. And if he must have money, let him take the moderate amount: money that does not burden the killer or the perpetrator, or his guarantors, or his relatives. It should be a moderate sum. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 6951- حكم المبالغة في الديات بمبالغ عالية - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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