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Is the blood money obligatory on the truck driver whose vehicle was hit by a car coming from the opposite direction, causing the death of its passengers, and is it one blood money or blood money for each individual?

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The truck driver is not liable for blood money (diyya) or expiation (kaffara) because he did not cause the accident; rather, he was driving in the correct lane. As for the driver of the second car, he bears the consequences of the accident, and the resulting deaths are considered semi-intentional killing (qatl shibh al-'amd). His 'aqila (male relatives on the father's side) must pay the aggravated blood money (diyya mughallazhah), and the expiation for each deceased person must be paid from his own wealth.

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