Does the expiation for killing fall away if the heirs of the blood forgive?
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Question:
With Allah's blessing, we begin this session with a question from the questioner: Abdulrahim says in this question: Your Eminence! If a man causes the death of another man, and the family of the victim forgives him, does the expiation fall away from him? And what is required of him? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon whoever follows his guidance.
If the one who caused it did so intentionally, then he must repent, and there is no expiation upon him; he must repent to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Praise be to Allah that they forgave him; the awliya (close friends of Allah) of the murdered man forgave him, and praise be to Allah. May Allah reward them with good. But if it was accidental, or quasi-intentional, such as: he intended to shoot at game but hit him, or struck him with a light stick, or a light blow, and he died from it, then upon him is the blood money and the expiation. The blood money is known, and the expiation is freeing a slave. If he cannot do so, he fasts two consecutive months; based on the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He): [Surat al-Nisa: 92].
So it is obligatory for the one who kills accidentally, or quasi-accidentally, to pay the blood money and the expiation, unless they forgive him from the blood money; in that case, there is no harm. As for the expiation, it remains in his debt. If he is able to free a slave, he frees it. If he is not able to free a slave, he fasts two consecutive months, sixty days, by the text of the Noble Qur'an.
As for the intentional killer, no. The intentional killer is threatened by Allah with punishment and the Fire. He, the Exalted, said: [Surat al-Nisa: 93]. He did not make freeing a slave upon him because the matter is greater. Freeing a slave and expiation enter into the sin if it is easier. When the sin becomes great and the matter into which expiations enter becomes severe, due to its greatness and danger, then killing is a great crime into which expiation does not enter. Rather, retaliation is obligatory if its conditions are met. If retaliation is not obligatory, then the blood money is due along with discretionary punishment. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
With Allah's blessing, we begin this session with a question from the questioner: Abdulrahim says in this question: Your Eminence! If a man causes the death of another man, and the family of the victim forgives him, does the expiation fall away from him? And what is required of him? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Praise be to Allah, and may Allah send prayers and peace upon the Messenger of Allah, and upon his family and his Companions, and upon whoever follows his guidance.
If the one who caused it did so intentionally, then he must repent, and there is no expiation upon him; he must repent to Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He). Praise be to Allah that they forgave him; the awliya (close friends of Allah) of the murdered man forgave him, and praise be to Allah. May Allah reward them with good. But if it was accidental, or quasi-intentional, such as: he intended to shoot at game but hit him, or struck him with a light stick, or a light blow, and he died from it, then upon him is the blood money and the expiation. The blood money is known, and the expiation is freeing a slave. If he cannot do so, he fasts two consecutive months; based on the saying of Allah (Exalted and Majestic is He):
And never is it for a believer to kill a believer except by mistake. And whoever kills a believer by mistake - then the freeing of a believing slave and a compensation payment presented to the deceased's family [is required] unless they give [up their right as] charity
وَمَا كَانَ لِمُؤْمِنٍ أَنْ يَقْتُلَ مُؤْمِنًا إِلَّا خَطَأً وَمَنْ قَتَلَ مُؤْمِنًا خَطَأً فَتَحْرِيرُ رَقَبَةٍ مُؤْمِنَةٍ وَدِيَةٌ مُسَلَّمَةٌ إِلَى أَهْلِهِ إِلَّا أَنْ يَصَّدَّقُواSo it is obligatory for the one who kills accidentally, or quasi-accidentally, to pay the blood money and the expiation, unless they forgive him from the blood money; in that case, there is no harm. As for the expiation, it remains in his debt. If he is able to free a slave, he frees it. If he is not able to free a slave, he fasts two consecutive months, sixty days, by the text of the Noble Qur'an.
As for the intentional killer, no. The intentional killer is threatened by Allah with punishment and the Fire. He, the Exalted, said:
But whoever kills a believer intentionally - his recompense is Hell, wherein he will abide eternally, and Allah has become angry with him and has cursed him and has prepared for him a great punishment.
وَمَنْ يَقْتُلْ مُؤْمِنًا مُتَعَمِّدًا فَجَزَاؤُهُ جَهَنَّمُ خَالِدًا فِيهَا وَغَضِبَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَلَعَنَهُ وَأَعَدَّ لَهُ عَذَابًا عَظِيمًاThe presenter: May Allah reward you with good.
Source
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