The ruling on fasting two consecutive months along with the blood money for accidental killing
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The questioner:
The questioner says: I hit a little girl. She was walking in the street, and it appears she was killed in the accident.
The Shaykh:
A little girl in the street, and after permission? And paying the blood money. Paying the blood money is proof that he killed her.
The questioner:
He says: Do I have to fast two consecutive months?
The Shaykh:
Without a doubt, whoever is required to pay the blood money is required to perform the expiation. So, the blood money for a Muslim,[An-Nisa 4:92] freeing a Muslim slave. This is the blood money, this is the expiation. And the blood money for a Muslim is paid to his family, unless he is unable, until it says: "And whoever does not find [a slave], then fasting two consecutive months." So, whoever is required to pay the blood money is required to perform the expiation. Whoever is required to pay the blood money for an accident, I mean. As for whoever is required to pay the blood money for intentional killing, there is no expiation for intentional killing. Intentional killing is either retaliation or blood money, but there is an expiation. The expiation is only for accidental killing. Yes.
The questioner says: I hit a little girl. She was walking in the street, and it appears she was killed in the accident.
The Shaykh:
A little girl in the street, and after permission? And paying the blood money. Paying the blood money is proof that he killed her.
The questioner:
He says: Do I have to fast two consecutive months?
The Shaykh:
Without a doubt, whoever is required to pay the blood money is required to perform the expiation. So, the blood money for a Muslim,
And whoever kills a believer by mistake
وَمَن قَتَلَ مُؤْمِنًا خَطَأً
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