Blood money for one who struck a person who then died in the hospital
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The questioner:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person strikes another, and the latter stays in the hospital for a period and then dies, is there blood money on the perpetrator?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
If a person strikes another, and the latter stays in the hospital for a period and then dies, is there blood money on the perpetrator? Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if his death was due to the act of aggression, the blood money is established for him, but it is not on the perpetrator personally; it is on the 'aqilah (the perpetrator's male relatives) if it was an accident.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, if a person strikes another, and the latter stays in the hospital for a period and then dies, is there blood money on the perpetrator?
The Shaykh:
What is it?
The questioner:
If a person strikes another, and the latter stays in the hospital for a period and then dies, is there blood money on the perpetrator? Yes.
The Shaykh:
Yes, if his death was due to the act of aggression, the blood money is established for him, but it is not on the perpetrator personally; it is on the 'aqilah (the perpetrator's male relatives) if it was an accident.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، فصل: وللقصاص أربعة شروط — islamhouse.com (1:05:33)
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