Is it obligatory for someone who caused an accident, while intoxicated, that led to paralysis and the death of a person, to offer an expiation other than feeding 60 poor people? Is he considered an unintentional killer? And should he face the family of the deceased after 4 years have passed?
Consuming alcohol and driving while intoxicated is a crime because it endangers lives and property and terrifies Muslims. This is due to the words of Allah Almighty: "O you who have believed, indeed intoxicants, gambling, [sacrificing to] stone altars, and divining arrows are but defilement from the work of Satan, so avoid it that you may be successful," and the saying of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him: "Alcohol is the mother of all evils."
If a chase results in an accident causing paralysis or death, the rights of the people must be fulfilled. If you are the cause of paralysis, you must pay the blood money (diyya). If death occurs due to the accident, you must pay the blood money and expiation () along with repentance. The blood money is borne by your tribe, and the expiation is fasting for two consecutive months.
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