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Fatwa ID: 82669
Title: What is the difference between diyah and the sharia
Category: Varieties
Scholar: Dr. Main Khalid Al-Qudah
Date: 09/24/2010

Question

 

What is the difference between diyah and the sharia


Answer

Alhamdu Lillah

 

Diyah or Blood money is one of the Sharia rules. It is a regulation that mandates the accidental killer’s relatives to pay to the victim’s family 100 camels or their equivalent in value. The same number of camels - but with better quality and more expensive in value - must be paid by the murderer himself to the murdered person's family in case the homicide was intentional but the victim’s family unanimously waived their right to retaliate.