A passenger threw himself out of the car window
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My uncle works as a taxi driver, transporting people from one town to another. On one occasion, while he was driving, one of the passengers threw himself out of the car window and fell to the ground. He told the person next to him, who then went back and took him to the hospital. After sitting for a while, he passed away, and blood money was taken from him. Does my uncle have to make up any fasts or anything else? May Allah reward you with good.
This requires a detailed explanation: If the driver had asked this man to stop because he needed to urinate, defecate, or vomit, and the man refused, then it is obligatory for him to make expiation, either by freeing a slave if he is able, or by fasting two consecutive months. If this happened without his knowledge and he was unable to stop, then he owes nothing. However, if he was able to stop, for example by seeing the man trying to open the door, and he could have stopped the car or stopped the man in that situation, then he was negligent, and the expiation is upon him.
This requires a detailed explanation: If the driver had asked this man to stop because he needed to urinate, defecate, or vomit, and the man refused, then it is obligatory for him to make expiation, either by freeing a slave if he is able, or by fasting two consecutive months. If this happened without his knowledge and he was unable to stop, then he owes nothing. However, if he was able to stop, for example by seeing the man trying to open the door, and he could have stopped the car or stopped the man in that situation, then he was negligent, and the expiation is upon him.
