Regarding matters between people in financial affairs, one can be absolved, but regarding blood matters, such as if one killed a victim, how does one be absolved?
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The questioner : Regarding matters between people in financial affairs, one can be absolved from them, but regarding blood matters, such as if one killed a victim, how does one be absolved?
The Shaykh : Yes, glory be to Allah, if one killed a victim, one can be absolved from it.
The questioner : He means he cannot be absolved.
The Shaykh : No, he is not absolved from it; the victim has died, but he goes to their family, he goes to their family, and says to them, "I am the one who killed so-and-so, and here is my neck for you. If you wish, kill me, and if you wish, take the blood money, or is there a settlement?"
The questioner : This is the right of Allah, O Shaykh, but the right of the victim remains.
The Shaykh : That is a different matter. The point is that it is obligatory for him, if he repents, to surrender himself and say, "This happened by my hand." A person killed another person intentionally and aggressively, and the years passed. The man repented and Allah accepted his repentance. He came to ask, and we said, "You must inform the heirs. Repentance is not valid unless it reaches the heirs." And indeed, the heirs were informed. He said to them, "I am the killer, and now this is my neck, or do you want the blood money, or do you pardon me? The matter is up to you." They said, "We will take the blood money." They took the blood money and he was safe. Yes, so the result is that the right of the victim remains. The generality of the saying of the Exalted:[Al-Furqan 25:68-70] The generality of the verse indicates that Allah bears the right of the victim, He bears it, and nothing remains upon the killer as long as he has repented.
The Shaykh : Yes, glory be to Allah, if one killed a victim, one can be absolved from it.
The questioner : He means he cannot be absolved.
The Shaykh : No, he is not absolved from it; the victim has died, but he goes to their family, he goes to their family, and says to them, "I am the one who killed so-and-so, and here is my neck for you. If you wish, kill me, and if you wish, take the blood money, or is there a settlement?"
The questioner : This is the right of Allah, O Shaykh, but the right of the victim remains.
The Shaykh : That is a different matter. The point is that it is obligatory for him, if he repents, to surrender himself and say, "This happened by my hand." A person killed another person intentionally and aggressively, and the years passed. The man repented and Allah accepted his repentance. He came to ask, and we said, "You must inform the heirs. Repentance is not valid unless it reaches the heirs." And indeed, the heirs were informed. He said to them, "I am the killer, and now this is my neck, or do you want the blood money, or do you pardon me? The matter is up to you." They said, "We will take the blood money." They took the blood money and he was safe. Yes, so the result is that the right of the victim remains. The generality of the saying of the Exalted: