If a traffic accident occurs, is the victim entitled to take compensation from the one who caused the accident?
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The questioner : What is the ruling? What is the ruling on taking compensation money in the case of accidents between cars, I mean?
The Shaykh : From whom?
The questioner : I mean, two cars colliding, one with the other, and one of them is at fault?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So the one against whom the error was committed asks the one at fault to pay him, for example, based on a traffic report.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : There is nothing wrong with it at all, I mean, it is his right.
The Shaykh : Like the one who...
The questioner : Because compensation has become well-known among the common people. Compensation is forbidden!
The Shaykh : This is one of the errors of the common people. One should purify oneself and elevate oneself from taking compensation, considering it one of the major sins.
The questioner : Riba!
The Shaykh : From whom?
The questioner : I mean, two cars colliding, one with the other, and one of them is at fault?
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : So the one against whom the error was committed asks the one at fault to pay him, for example, based on a traffic report.
The Shaykh : ... .
The questioner : There is nothing wrong with it at all, I mean, it is his right.
The Shaykh : Like the one who...
The questioner : Because compensation has become well-known among the common people. Compensation is forbidden!
The Shaykh : This is one of the errors of the common people. One should purify oneself and elevate oneself from taking compensation, considering it one of the major sins.
The questioner : Riba!
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