What is the ruling if a Muslim kills a Christian by mistake in a traffic accident? {Comment on the term "Christian"}
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The questioner : The honorable Shaykh, a Muslim killed a Christian by mistake, knowing that this accident occurred in Kuwait. What is the ruling?
The Shaykh : First: May Allah reward you. The expression "Christian" is a recent term adopted by the Christians to attribute to their religion that it is the true religion, named after al-Masih ibn Maryam. The correct term is to say "the Christians," as it appears in the Noble Qur'an and in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and also in the words of the scholars. If you look at the books of the scholars, you will not find "Christians" but only "the Jews and the Christians." However, these people wanted to attribute to their methodology and their religion that it is a true religion, so they said "Christians." Therefore, we see that the correct expression is to say "the Christians," as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) named them.
As for the answer to the question you mentioned: If a Muslim kills a Jew or a Christian, he is not subject to retaliation, meaning: a Muslim is not killed for a disbeliever, even if the killing was intentional. If it was by mistake, he owes an expiation and he owes blood money, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted:[An-Nisa 4:92] Yes, and you know that the blood money for a Jew or a Christian is half the blood money for a Muslim. Yes.
The Shaykh : First: May Allah reward you. The expression "Christian" is a recent term adopted by the Christians to attribute to their religion that it is the true religion, named after al-Masih ibn Maryam. The correct term is to say "the Christians," as it appears in the Noble Qur'an and in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and also in the words of the scholars. If you look at the books of the scholars, you will not find "Christians" but only "the Jews and the Christians." However, these people wanted to attribute to their methodology and their religion that it is a true religion, so they said "Christians." Therefore, we see that the correct expression is to say "the Christians," as Allah (Mighty and Majestic) named them.
As for the answer to the question you mentioned: If a Muslim kills a Jew or a Christian, he is not subject to retaliation, meaning: a Muslim is not killed for a disbeliever, even if the killing was intentional. If it was by mistake, he owes an expiation and he owes blood money, based on the saying of Allah the Exalted: