A man killed another in a traffic accident, and the traffic authority ruled that he was thirty percent at fault, and the judge ordered the full blood money and expiation. What is the ruling?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. I came last night at eight thirty, before the call to the night prayer, in my car. There was an Indian man on a bicycle in the street. The road was asphalt and had no lighting. I did not notice him because of the many cars going back and forth, and the road was not lit. It was Allah’s decree that I hit him, and he died. His bicycle had no light in front or in the back. The traffic authority assigned me thirty percent fault. The Shaykh, the judge, imposed the full blood money and fasting for two months on me. I want to benefit from your excellence. May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : First: May Allah reward you. We have no right to issue a ruling that contradicts the judge’s decision. If you have an objection, you have the right to object within fifteen days by requesting that the case be referred to the Court of Cassation.
The questioner : I do not contradict him.
The Shaykh : You are in agreement, then it is finished. There is nothing after this.
The questioner : Are there any female slaves or male slaves today for manumission?
The Shaykh : No, by Allah, my brother, look: there are none, neither with me nor with anyone else. Some people have told us that those who claim to have captured women in war—some of them, not all—are lying. One brings his son or daughter and says, “This is my slave; buy him,” and he buys him for ten thousand, then says, “Free him,” and he frees him. He takes the ten thousand and returns to his place with no slave or anything.
The questioner : Is manumission the better option?
The Shaykh : No, it is not the better option, but it is obligatory before fasting. But where is the confirmed slave?
The questioner : Are there no addresses?
The Shaykh : Not at all. I know people who used to do this in the past, but it became clear to them that there was play in the matter, so they left it off. But, praise be to Allah, it may be that in days like these, it is difficult for him in the heat and the long day of his fasting. It is possible to do it in the winter.
The Shaykh : First: May Allah reward you. We have no right to issue a ruling that contradicts the judge’s decision. If you have an objection, you have the right to object within fifteen days by requesting that the case be referred to the Court of Cassation.
The questioner : I do not contradict him.
The Shaykh : You are in agreement, then it is finished. There is nothing after this.
The questioner : Are there any female slaves or male slaves today for manumission?
The Shaykh : No, by Allah, my brother, look: there are none, neither with me nor with anyone else. Some people have told us that those who claim to have captured women in war—some of them, not all—are lying. One brings his son or daughter and says, “This is my slave; buy him,” and he buys him for ten thousand, then says, “Free him,” and he frees him. He takes the ten thousand and returns to his place with no slave or anything.
The questioner : Is manumission the better option?
The Shaykh : No, it is not the better option, but it is obligatory before fasting. But where is the confirmed slave?
The questioner : Are there no addresses?
The Shaykh : Not at all. I know people who used to do this in the past, but it became clear to them that there was play in the matter, so they left it off. But, praise be to Allah, it may be that in days like these, it is difficult for him in the heat and the long day of his fasting. It is possible to do it in the winter.