A person who owes the expiation for accidental killing due to a car accident and is ill and unable to fast: what is required of him?
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Question:
My husband was afflicted by Allah the Mighty and Majestic when a car collision occurred between him and another man, which resulted in that man’s death. His family waived the blood money, and fasting remained for my husband. He suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, and it is known that he does not finish fasting Ramadan except with great hardship and difficulty for him. So we wanted you to inform us, may Allah reward you with good, about what is obligatory for him: does he fast or give charity?
Answer:
Direct them to you, may Allah reward you with good? One of two things is required for the expiation of killing: either freeing a slave, or if he does not find a slave, he fasts two consecutive months. The saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:92] giving charity until the saying of Allah the Exalted: [Al-Mujadila 58:4] Allah the Glorified and Exalted did not mention the expiation of killing except in two forms: the first is freeing a slave. If he does not have to free a slave, he fasts two complete months. If he is unable to fast due to illness or an obstacle preventing him from fasting, it remains a debt on him until he is able. If he becomes able, even at a later time, he fasts. If he is not able, then [Al-Baqarah 2:286].
My husband was afflicted by Allah the Mighty and Majestic when a car collision occurred between him and another man, which resulted in that man’s death. His family waived the blood money, and fasting remained for my husband. He suffers from diabetes and high blood pressure, and it is known that he does not finish fasting Ramadan except with great hardship and difficulty for him. So we wanted you to inform us, may Allah reward you with good, about what is obligatory for him: does he fast or give charity?
Answer:
Direct them to you, may Allah reward you with good? One of two things is required for the expiation of killing: either freeing a slave, or if he does not find a slave, he fasts two consecutive months. The saying of Allah the Exalted:
And whoever kills a believer by mistake - then the freeing of a believing slave and a compensation payment presented to the deceased's family [is required] unless
وَمَن قَتَلَ مُؤْمِنًا خَطَأً فَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُّؤْمِنَةٍ وَدِيَةٌ مُّسَلَّمَةٌ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ إِلَّا أَنAnd he who does not find [a slave] - then a fast for two months consecutively
فَمَن لَّمْ يَجِدْ فَصِيَامُ شَهْرَيْنِ مُتَتَابِعَيْنِAllah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، شخص عليه كفارة القتل بالخطأ بحادث سيارة وهو مريض لا يستطيع الصيام فماذا عليه؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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