What is the ruling on hitting and killing a 14-year-old boy with a car, bearing 50% of the responsibility, if his family does not drop the charges? And what is the ruling if they do?
If you are half at fault in an accident and the victim's guardians waive their right, half of the blood money is dropped from your aqila (male relatives responsible for paying blood money) and you remain liable for expiation.
If they do not waive it, then expiation is upon you, and half of the blood money is upon your aqila.
If the driver and the injured party both contributed to causing the damage, then each is responsible for what was damaged to the other, and the responsibility is determined by the percentage of each one's contribution to the damage.
The driver is exempt from responsibility if the accident was due to force majeure, or the action of the injured party, or the action of a third party.
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