The Crime of Harming the Eye of a Blind Person
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The questioner:
And if the removal of the eye is a mistake, if you made a mistake in removing his eye, is there retaliation (qisas) or compensation?
The Shaykh:
There is a compensation (diyah) in this case, there is a compensation, because this eye of the blind person has no value, or if it has beauty only and no sight, then there is a compensation, meaning a blood money (diyah). Yes.
The questioner:
The son of the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Unless the eye is intact, if the eye is intact meaning that the pupil has no defect, but there is no sight, sight is something else, sight is a benefit, the eye is an organ, so if the intact eye of a blind person is removed, then he owes the blood money, he owes half the blood money, yes.
And if the removal of the eye is a mistake, if you made a mistake in removing his eye, is there retaliation (qisas) or compensation?
The Shaykh:
There is a compensation (diyah) in this case, there is a compensation, because this eye of the blind person has no value, or if it has beauty only and no sight, then there is a compensation, meaning a blood money (diyah). Yes.
The questioner:
The son of the Shaykh, may Allah grant you success.
The Shaykh:
Unless the eye is intact, if the eye is intact meaning that the pupil has no defect, but there is no sight, sight is something else, sight is a benefit, the eye is an organ, so if the intact eye of a blind person is removed, then he owes the blood money, he owes half the blood money, yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 74 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الجنايات|باب الاشتراك في القتل|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (28:48)
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