Crimes, Penalties and Blood Money

This subtopic gathers questions on crimes and their legal consequences. These include prescribed penalties, retaliation (qisas), blood money (diyya), liability for accidental death, and expiation.

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45 questions

Is it possible to generalize the reason for the Sharia punishment for zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) to include those who repeatedly commit the act and whose affair becomes public?
Is it permissible for a father to kill his daughter and her lover in the name of preserving honor and claiming martyrdom, knowing that he has been advised to repent and disown her?
Is it obligatory to apply the hadd and execute someone who abandons prayer and fasting?
Is expiation obligatory upon the mother who caused her daughter's death as a result of the child falling into hot water after the mother quickly closed the door on her?
What are the consequences for the owner of a car from which a wheel fell off, causing a man's death?
What is the ruling on one who causes the death of two people in a traffic accident while intoxicated, under the influence of hashish and drugs, and in violation of traffic laws?
Is the act mentioned considered sodomy that necessitates the prescribed punishment (hadd), and is repentance from it accepted, especially with the uncertainty of the glans having fully entered?
What is the ruling on rape and adultery in Islamic law, and also in civil law?
What is the ruling of Islamic law regarding a girl who killed another when she was seven years old, without the knowledge of her family or the family of the victim about the crime, and what is her expiation, given the impossibility of paying the blood money or knowing the victim's family, and that both parties are non-Muslims, and that the incident occurred in a non-Muslim country?
What is the punishment for an underage girl who commits zina and has not reached puberty?
Does expiation become obligatory for one who caused the death of her infant daughter by suffocation after the latter turned over onto her face while sleeping, wrapped in a swaddling cloth?
Is the repentance of a murderer who secretly killed a Muslim then concealed his crime and repented accepted, or must he declare what he did to be punished for it?
What is the expiation for someone who caused an accident that led to the death of one person and partial paralysis of another, knowing that he was not fasting and was young at the time?
Is what the Shaykh said true: that a father is not to be punished for physically harming his daughter, on the pretext that the son and his wealth belong to his father, and that the girl deserves punishment for complaining and imprisoning her father?
Is the mother sinful or negligent in the death of her mentally challenged daughter who took an overdose of the mother's sedatives while she was asleep, and if she is sinful and unable to fast due to her old age, what is incumbent upon her?
What is the punishment for lesbianism in this world and the hereafter, and is it permissible to use more deterrent punishments since there is no specific Sharia-prescribed Hadd penalty for it?
Is expiation (kaffarah) and blood money (diyah) obligatory for someone who lost control of his car, leading to the death of his son and injury to himself? What is their amount, and to whom are they paid?
What is meant by the disappearance of the original glans into the woman's vagina in Ibn Hisham's definition of zina (fornication/adultery), and why was the word "original" added?
Must a father inform the mother of the whereabouts of their son whose fate is unknown, and is expiation due from him if the child died as a result of his neglect?
Does sin befall a person who repented of previous sins related to directing individuals online to perform specific actions with their bodies, if these individuals were harmed or died because of that, and does this entail fasting for two months or paying blood money, knowing that their fate or religion cannot be determined?
Is a father held accountable for forgetting his son in the car, leading to his death by suffocation?

Crimes, Penalties and Blood Money

Is it possible to generalize the reason for the Sharia punishment for zina (unlawful sexual intercourse) to include those who repeatedly commit the act and whose affair becomes public?

Is it permissible for a father to kill his daughter and her lover in the name of preserving honor and claiming martyrdom, knowing that he has been advised to repent and disown her?

Is it obligatory to apply the hadd and execute someone who abandons prayer and fasting?

Is expiation obligatory upon the mother who caused her daughter's death as a result of the child falling into hot water after the mother quickly closed the door on her?

What are the consequences for the owner of a car from which a wheel fell off, causing a man's death?

What is the ruling on one who causes the death of two people in a traffic accident while intoxicated, under the influence of hashish and drugs, and in violation of traffic laws?

Is the act mentioned considered sodomy that necessitates the prescribed punishment (hadd), and is repentance from it accepted, especially with the uncertainty of the glans having fully entered?

What is the ruling on rape and adultery in Islamic law, and also in civil law?

What is the punishment for an underage girl who commits zina and has not reached puberty?

Does expiation become obligatory for one who caused the death of her infant daughter by suffocation after the latter turned over onto her face while sleeping, wrapped in a swaddling cloth?

Is the repentance of a murderer who secretly killed a Muslim then concealed his crime and repented accepted, or must he declare what he did to be punished for it?

What is the expiation for someone who caused an accident that led to the death of one person and partial paralysis of another, knowing that he was not fasting and was young at the time?

Is what the Shaykh said true: that a father is not to be punished for physically harming his daughter, on the pretext that the son and his wealth belong to his father, and that the girl deserves punishment for complaining and imprisoning her father?

Is the mother sinful or negligent in the death of her mentally challenged daughter who took an overdose of the mother's sedatives while she was asleep, and if she is sinful and unable to fast due to her old age, what is incumbent upon her?

What is the punishment for lesbianism in this world and the hereafter, and is it permissible to use more deterrent punishments since there is no specific Sharia-prescribed Hadd penalty for it?

Is expiation (kaffarah) and blood money (diyah) obligatory for someone who lost control of his car, leading to the death of his son and injury to himself? What is their amount, and to whom are they paid?

What is meant by the disappearance of the original glans into the woman's vagina in Ibn Hisham's definition of zina (fornication/adultery), and why was the word "original" added?

Must a father inform the mother of the whereabouts of their son whose fate is unknown, and is expiation due from him if the child died as a result of his neglect?

Is a father held accountable for forgetting his son in the car, leading to his death by suffocation?