If one intends to kill a person and fires at him, but he does not die, is his ruling the same as that of the killer?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A person intended to kill someone, then attacked him by firing a gun, and then fled, believing that he had killed him, but the victim was not harmed. Is his ruling the same as that of the killer in terms of punishment?
Answer:
He does not have the ruling of the killer, but his ruling is that of the aggressor. His ruling is that of the aggressor, and the warning regarding carrying a weapon applies to him, because he carried a weapon against him. Yes. As for the ruling of killing in terms of retaliation (qisas) and the warning for intentional killing, that does not apply. Yes.
May Allah reward you, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A person intended to kill someone, then attacked him by firing a gun, and then fled, believing that he had killed him, but the victim was not harmed. Is his ruling the same as that of the killer in terms of punishment?
Answer:
He does not have the ruling of the killer, but his ruling is that of the aggressor. His ruling is that of the aggressor, and the warning regarding carrying a weapon applies to him, because he carried a weapon against him. Yes. As for the ruling of killing in terms of retaliation (qisas) and the warning for intentional killing, that does not apply. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، من همَّ بقتل شخص وأطلق عليه النار فلم يمت فهل حكمه كالقاتل؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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