If the perpetrator causes the victim to lose their memory, what is the ruling?
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if someone commits a crime against a person and causes them to lose their memory, as is known today, such that the person does not know anything about their past, what is the ruling on this crime? Is it like a crime against the intellect?
Answer:
No, this is a crime against part of the intellect, and there is a prescribed penalty for it.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if someone commits a crime against a person and causes them to lose their memory, as is known today, such that the person does not know anything about their past, what is the ruling on this crime? Is it like a crime against the intellect?
Answer:
No, this is a crime against part of the intellect, and there is a prescribed penalty for it.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [2199 -2802] إذا تسبب الجاني بفقد ذاكرة المجني عليه؛ فما الحكم؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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