Multiple blood money payments for a single act of aggression
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you the best, is it considered that the aggressor owes more than one? For example, if he cuts off your ear, and then goes and cuts off your nose, and also cuts off your finger.
Answer:
They say that a person can owe ten blood money payments while still alive. It is possible for a person to owe ten blood money payments while still alive. That is, if he is harmed such that he cannot walk, cannot eat, cannot have intercourse, cannot hear, cannot see, cannot speak, and so on, he is liable for everything, until it may reach ten blood money payments. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you the best, is it considered that the aggressor owes more than one? For example, if he cuts off your ear, and then goes and cuts off your nose, and also cuts off your finger.
Answer:
They say that a person can owe ten blood money payments while still alive. It is possible for a person to owe ten blood money payments while still alive. That is, if he is harmed such that he cannot walk, cannot eat, cannot have intercourse, cannot hear, cannot see, cannot speak, and so on, he is liable for everything, until it may reach ten blood money payments. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 78 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الديات|باب الجراح|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:04:33)
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