The blood money for a dhimmi (a non-Muslim under Muslim protection) who is killed intentionally
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Question:
If a Muslim kills a dhimmi (a non-Muslim under Muslim protection) intentionally, is the blood money paid to the dhimmi's people?
Answer:
Yes, the blood money is paid to the dhimmi's people, to his 'asabah (residuary male heirs), just as it is for the people of the Muslims. His dhimmi relatives inherit from him. Yes.
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, you mentioned that the bloodshed is increasing.
Answer:
By killing a person under a treaty, a dhimmi (a non-Muslim under Muslim protection), or a musta'min (a non-Muslim granted safe conduct), expiation is obligatory,[An-Nisa 4:92]. Yes.
If a Muslim kills a dhimmi (a non-Muslim under Muslim protection) intentionally, is the blood money paid to the dhimmi's people?
Answer:
Yes, the blood money is paid to the dhimmi's people, to his 'asabah (residuary male heirs), just as it is for the people of the Muslims. His dhimmi relatives inherit from him. Yes.
Question:
Honorable Shaykh, you mentioned that the bloodshed is increasing.
Answer:
By killing a person under a treaty, a dhimmi (a non-Muslim under Muslim protection), or a musta'min (a non-Muslim granted safe conduct), expiation is obligatory,
and if he was from a people with whom you have a treaty - then a compensation payment presented to his family and the freeing of a believing slave
وَإِن كَانَ مِن قَوْمٍ بَيْنَكُمْ وَبَيْنَهُم مِّيثَاقٌ فَدِيَةٌ مُّسَلَّمَةٌ إِلَىٰ أَهْلِهِ وَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُّؤْمِنَةٍ
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، تابع كتاب الجنايات - 1 — islamhouse.com (57:30)
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