The crime of a child before reaching puberty
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The questioner:
A man struck a person with a small companion; we ask Allah to put him in prison. Does anyone who took something have to pay?
The Shaykh:
No, this is the ruling for an accidental error. If the wrongdoer is a child before reaching puberty, his crime is a crime of error, and it is on his 'aqilah. Yes.
The questioner:
In half a year.
The Shaykh:
It is on his 'aqilah if he has an 'aqilah, otherwise it is on his wealth if he has wealth, if he has wealth, and it is on his 'aqilah.
A man struck a person with a small companion; we ask Allah to put him in prison. Does anyone who took something have to pay?
The Shaykh:
No, this is the ruling for an accidental error. If the wrongdoer is a child before reaching puberty, his crime is a crime of error, and it is on his 'aqilah. Yes.
The questioner:
In half a year.
The Shaykh:
It is on his 'aqilah if he has an 'aqilah, otherwise it is on his wealth if he has wealth, if he has wealth, and it is on his 'aqilah.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام [ ابن باز ] [ الشرح الجديد ]، باب الديات — islamhouse.com (8:19)
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