The ruling on one who exceeds the legal speed limit with his vehicle and causes deaths
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: The reckless speed of some drivers on long roads and within residential areas has caused the deaths of innocent people. Is this not among the taking of lives about which Allah said:[Al-Baqarah 2:195]?
Answer:
If he intentionally takes lives with his speed, then it is intentional aggression, and he bears what the intentional killer bears. As for if he did not intend to take lives, but rather was carried away by speed, or he wanted to speed through the road, then he is wrong, a cause of harm, and a source of harm to people, and he exposes himself to danger. In any case, speeding in a car is not permissible in any situation, because of the dangers it poses to him and to others, and because of its violation of the regulations and violation of public interests. So drivers should fear Allah the Exalted and drive within the permitted limit; this is better for them and for their brothers. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: The reckless speed of some drivers on long roads and within residential areas has caused the deaths of innocent people. Is this not among the taking of lives about which Allah said:
and do not throw [yourselves] with your [own] hands into destruction [by refraining]
وَلَا تُلْقُوا بِأَيْدِيكُمْ إِلَى التَّهْلُكَةِAnswer:
If he intentionally takes lives with his speed, then it is intentional aggression, and he bears what the intentional killer bears. As for if he did not intend to take lives, but rather was carried away by speed, or he wanted to speed through the road, then he is wrong, a cause of harm, and a source of harm to people, and he exposes himself to danger. In any case, speeding in a car is not permissible in any situation, because of the dangers it poses to him and to others, and because of its violation of the regulations and violation of public interests. So drivers should fear Allah the Exalted and drive within the permitted limit; this is better for them and for their brothers. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، حكم من تجاوز بسيارته السرعة القانونية وتسبب بوفيات - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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