What is your opinion regarding a person who forgave his killer and then died? Do the heirs have the right to demand retaliation? And is the statement of the deceased accepted if he forgave the blood money?
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The Shaykh : What is your opinion regarding a person who forgave his killer and then died? Is it permissible for the heirs to kill him? And is the statement of the deceased accepted if he also forgave the blood money?
Answer: This is a matter in which there is scholarly disagreement among the scholars. Some scholars said that it is permissible for him to forgive before his death, as long as he is certain of his death, because the original ruling is that a life is exchanged for a life.
Some scholars say that it is not valid, but it is accepted only for the dropping of retaliation, while the blood money remains for the heirs, because the blood money is not established except by death, and he does not have authority over what happens after death. This is the more correct view.
The questioner : Shaykh, what if it is less than killing?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : He forgave for something less than killing?
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing wrong with that, because the man is alive and his wealth has not passed to the heirs. For example, if his hand was cut off and he forgave the one who cut it off, or the man, or something similar to that, there is no blame on him.
Answer: This is a matter in which there is scholarly disagreement among the scholars. Some scholars said that it is permissible for him to forgive before his death, as long as he is certain of his death, because the original ruling is that a life is exchanged for a life.
Some scholars say that it is not valid, but it is accepted only for the dropping of retaliation, while the blood money remains for the heirs, because the blood money is not established except by death, and he does not have authority over what happens after death. This is the more correct view.
The questioner : Shaykh, what if it is less than killing?
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : He forgave for something less than killing?
The Shaykh : No, there is nothing wrong with that, because the man is alive and his wealth has not passed to the heirs. For example, if his hand was cut off and he forgave the one who cut it off, or the man, or something similar to that, there is no blame on him.