Settlement on the blood money paid by the insurance company
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The questioner:
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on a group who settle with the family of the deceased regarding the amount paid by the insurance company?
The Shaykh:
What is the ruling?
The questioner:
He says: You settle with the father of the killer regarding the blood money paid by the insurance company. Does the blood money become waived for the killer if it is paid by the insurance company, or must he pay it from his own personal funds?
The Shaykh:
The perpetrator does not owe blood money; the perpetrator in a case of accidental killing is responsible to the 'aqilah (the extended family), to his 'aqilah. The insurance company is not the 'aqilah; it does not bear this burden. These are people's money; taking it is injustice, taking it is injustice and aggression. And insurance is forbidden (haram); because it is consuming people's money without right. The blood money for intentional killing is on the perpetrator, and the blood money for accidental killing and quasi-intentional killing is on the perpetrator, and the blood money for accidental killing is on the 'aqilah. As for insurance, this is from people's money, and it is injustice, and consuming wealth without right. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is the ruling on a group who settle with the family of the deceased regarding the amount paid by the insurance company?
The Shaykh:
What is the ruling?
The questioner:
He says: You settle with the father of the killer regarding the blood money paid by the insurance company. Does the blood money become waived for the killer if it is paid by the insurance company, or must he pay it from his own personal funds?
The Shaykh:
The perpetrator does not owe blood money; the perpetrator in a case of accidental killing is responsible to the 'aqilah (the extended family), to his 'aqilah. The insurance company is not the 'aqilah; it does not bear this burden. These are people's money; taking it is injustice, taking it is injustice and aggression. And insurance is forbidden (haram); because it is consuming people's money without right. The blood money for intentional killing is on the perpetrator, and the blood money for accidental killing and quasi-intentional killing is on the perpetrator, and the blood money for accidental killing is on the 'aqilah. As for insurance, this is from people's money, and it is injustice, and consuming wealth without right. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 70 من 89|شرح العدة في شرح العمدة|كتاب الجنايات|صالح الفوزان|الفقه|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:09:17)
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