If we say that giving the killer the spoils is a matter of legislation, how is this possible today with the advancement of weapons, where a person may strike with aerial weapons?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you. If we say that giving the killer the spoils is a matter of legislation, how is this possible today? May Allah reward you. With the advancement of weapons, where a person may strike with aerial, land, and sea weapons, and does not know who he killed?
The Shaykh : It may be said that this is not a weapon specific to him, meaning, for example, an armed aircraft is not specific to him.
The questioner : But there is the weapon on his shoulder, for example.
The Shaykh : The weapon on his shoulder is from the spoils.
The questioner : But how does he know that he hit him or did not hit him, because he is far away?
The Shaykh : No, now, for example, the disbeliever who was hit, the plane fell, and we found the pilot of the plane, take the weapon.
The questioner : But for example, we are a group on a tank, for instance, all of them have machine guns, and they fired at the enemies. When the battle ended, when ... the enemies, if the dead are twenty.
The Shaykh : And he does not know who killed them. This is either we say they draw lots, because it is possible that one of them hit all of them, or it is divided, or it is said that this is wealth whose rightful owner is unknown, so it returns to the war spoils.
The Shaykh : It may be said that this is not a weapon specific to him, meaning, for example, an armed aircraft is not specific to him.
The questioner : But there is the weapon on his shoulder, for example.
The Shaykh : The weapon on his shoulder is from the spoils.
The questioner : But how does he know that he hit him or did not hit him, because he is far away?
The Shaykh : No, now, for example, the disbeliever who was hit, the plane fell, and we found the pilot of the plane, take the weapon.
The questioner : But for example, we are a group on a tank, for instance, all of them have machine guns, and they fired at the enemies. When the battle ended, when ... the enemies, if the dead are twenty.
The Shaykh : And he does not know who killed them. This is either we say they draw lots, because it is possible that one of them hit all of them, or it is divided, or it is said that this is wealth whose rightful owner is unknown, so it returns to the war spoils.