What is the ruling on someone who caused a run-over accident in 2008, leading to the death of a person, and did not pay the blood money (Diyya) or perform the expiation (Kaffarah) due to ignorance, and is now seeing disturbing visions? Does the compensation paid by the insurance company to the deceased's family take the place of the blood money? If not, what is the amount of blood money in Morocco, and does the expiation lapse with the passage of these years?
If someone causes an accident that leads to a person's death, they are liable for diyah (blood money) and kaffarah (expiation). This situation is referred to as "unintentional killing."
Kaffarah is a right due to Allah, which involves freeing a believing slave. If one cannot find a slave, then it is fasting for two consecutive months.
Diyah is a right due to the deceased's family. It amounts to one hundred camels for a male and fifty for a female, and it is a mitigated payment. It is incumbent upon the 'aqilah (male relatives on the father's side) of the killer. If it is impossible to collect it from them, or if they are poor, then it is to be paid from the public treasury (Bayt al-Mal). Scholars have differed on whether it becomes obligatory upon the killer if it cannot be obtained from the 'aqilah and the public treasury; the preferred view is that it does become obligatory upon him.
If an insurance company covers the diyah on behalf of the killer, there is no harm in that, and only the kaffarah remains obligatory for the killer.
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