The Ruling on What Happens to the One Who Drives Fast and the Ruling on the One Who Is Struck
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Question:
If one drives at a speed exceeding the usual limit, and then the car overturns or he collides with someone, does he enter [into the category of those who kill themselves]?
Answer:
He is feared to be assisting in his own killing; he is feared to be committing a sin. He is certainly sinful for transgressing the limits, and he has participated in killing a soul. We ask Allah for safety.
Q: And does the one who is struck fall within the category of martyrs?
The Shaykh: Yes, if Allah wills. The one who is struck is of the same kind as the one who destroys [himself] or worse.
If one drives at a speed exceeding the usual limit, and then the car overturns or he collides with someone, does he enter [into the category of those who kill themselves]?
Answer:
He is feared to be assisting in his own killing; he is feared to be committing a sin. He is certainly sinful for transgressing the limits, and he has participated in killing a soul. We ask Allah for safety.
Q: And does the one who is struck fall within the category of martyrs?
The Shaykh: Yes, if Allah wills. The one who is struck is of the same kind as the one who destroys [himself] or worse.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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