One who dies due to speeding and the ruling on violating traffic signals
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If a person drives a car at a speed exceeding one hundred and twenty kilometers per hour, or runs a signal, and an accident occurs in which he dies, or another person with him or in another car dies, is this killing intentional or quasi-intentional? And is it permissible to run a signal if there are no cars in the other lanes, based on the principle of jurisprudence (the ruling follows its cause)? Please inform us, may Allah guide you.
As for the issue of speed, speed cannot be defined by a specific limit; because that varies. There is a difference between a fast highway and a private road, and there is also a difference between a person driving in the desert and another driving in the city. So the important thing is that speed is restricted according to the need for caution, and it cannot be standardized.
Then, the cars themselves differ. Some cars, if they exceed one hundred and twenty, are a risk, while some cars have a speed much higher than this. So every situation has its own statement.
As for running a signal, I see that it is not permissible to run a signal;For Allah the Exalted said: [Al-Nisa: 59] and the authorities, if they place signs telling a person: stop,and signs telling a person: go, then these signals are in the position of speech;Meaning: as if the authority is telling you: stop,Or he says: go. And the authority is obligatory to obey, and there is no difference between the other lanes being empty or containing people who need the lane to be opened for them.
And I asked the General Director of Traffic here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he said: that these signals are not for organization but for stopping and holding, and if that is the case, then what the questioner indicated in his statement: the ruling revolves with its cause, its presence or absence, does not apply to it;because this is a command to stop, and the meaning is not: Stop! If the other lanes are occupied. Rather, the meaning is stop definitively. And on this basis, it is not permissible for a person to exceed.
Then, a person may see the lane as not occupied, but then a person comes quickly to catch the signal that permits him to proceed, and an accident occurs, as this happens often. Therefore, we see that the obligatory thing is to stop, and the matter, praise be to Allah, does not exceed three minutes, and then the lane opens for him.
As for your statement that it is intentional killing or quasi-intentional killing, it is neither intentional nor quasi-intentional.
As for the issue of speed, speed cannot be defined by a specific limit; because that varies. There is a difference between a fast highway and a private road, and there is also a difference between a person driving in the desert and another driving in the city. So the important thing is that speed is restricted according to the need for caution, and it cannot be standardized.
Then, the cars themselves differ. Some cars, if they exceed one hundred and twenty, are a risk, while some cars have a speed much higher than this. So every situation has its own statement.
As for running a signal, I see that it is not permissible to run a signal;For Allah the Exalted said:
O you who have believed, obey Allah and obey the Messenger and those in authority among you
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا أَطِيعُوا اللَّهَ وَأَطِيعُوا الرَّسُولَ وَأُولِي الْأَمْرِ مِنْكُمْAnd I asked the General Director of Traffic here in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, and he said: that these signals are not for organization but for stopping and holding, and if that is the case, then what the questioner indicated in his statement: the ruling revolves with its cause, its presence or absence, does not apply to it;because this is a command to stop, and the meaning is not: Stop! If the other lanes are occupied. Rather, the meaning is stop definitively. And on this basis, it is not permissible for a person to exceed.
Then, a person may see the lane as not occupied, but then a person comes quickly to catch the signal that permits him to proceed, and an accident occurs, as this happens often. Therefore, we see that the obligatory thing is to stop, and the matter, praise be to Allah, does not exceed three minutes, and then the lane opens for him.
As for your statement that it is intentional killing or quasi-intentional killing, it is neither intentional nor quasi-intentional.