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Is the accident considered semi-intentional killing or an error? And if it is an error, who is responsible for paying the blood money: the driver, or the mother, or the authority organizing the trip? What is the amount of blood money and how is it disbursed? And is a girl who sustained facial disfigurements entitled to blood money?

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The mother erred in allowing her unqualified daughter to drive, but the direct responsibility for the crime falls on the daughter. The accident is considered involuntary manslaughter, and the daughter is required to observe a penance of fasting for two consecutive months for each soul [lost]. Her 'Aqilah (male kin responsible for blood money) is obligated to pay the blood money for each soul. If the 'Aqilah does not exist, then the blood money falls upon the Bayt al-Mal al-Muslimeen (Muslim treasury); otherwise, it falls upon the perpetrator herself. As for injuries less severe than loss of life: if the injury is less than one-third of the blood money, the daughter bears it; if it is more, the 'Aqilah bears it according to the aforementioned detailed explanation.

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