The driver of a bus who runs over a disbeliever: is he required to pay the expiation or not?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the driver of a bus ran over a disbeliever. Is he required to pay the expiation or not?
Answer:
Yes, the one who is in the country and entered with the permission of the one in authority or with the permission of one of the Muslims from the people of the country, this is a musta'min (a non-Muslim granted safe conduct), and his blood is protected. If he runs him over, he owes the expiation and the blood money.[An-Nisa 4:92] Or a car [An-Nisa 4:92]. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, the driver of a bus ran over a disbeliever. Is he required to pay the expiation or not?
Answer:
Yes, the one who is in the country and entered with the permission of the one in authority or with the permission of one of the Muslims from the people of the country, this is a musta'min (a non-Muslim granted safe conduct), and his blood is protected. If he runs him over, he owes the expiation and the blood money.
and if he was from a people with whom
وَإِن كَانَ مِن قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُمa compensation payment presented to his family and the freeing of a believing slave
فَدِيَةٌ مُّسَلَّمَةٌ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ وَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُّؤْمِنَةٍ
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2127 -2802] صاحب حافلة دهس رجلًا كافرًا، فهل يجب عليه الكفارة أم لا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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