Guaranteeing the thief of livestock for damage caused by them according to the customs of the Bedouin
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Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In our Bedouin area in our country, outside this country, if one of the animals is stolen and its owners go out in pursuit of it, and if damage occurs to the mount or if one of the pursuers dies of thirst, the thief guarantees all of that because he is the cause. Is this ruling correct?
Answer:
This is a ruling of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). The case must be presented to the Shari'ah court, and it must rule in accordance with the Book and the Sunnah. Yes. As for the customs and traditions of the Bedouin, these are matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Yes.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: In our Bedouin area in our country, outside this country, if one of the animals is stolen and its owners go out in pursuit of it, and if damage occurs to the mount or if one of the pursuers dies of thirst, the thief guarantees all of that because he is the cause. Is this ruling correct?
Answer:
This is a ruling of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance (jahiliyyah). The case must be presented to the Shari'ah court, and it must rule in accordance with the Book and the Sunnah. Yes. As for the customs and traditions of the Bedouin, these are matters of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance. Yes.
Source
شرح أخصر المختصرات في الفقه، باب: كفارة القتل — islamhouse.com (44:16)
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