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GuestFellow
06-04-2013, 09:33 PM
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What happens in Islam if you accidentally killed someone? For example, let's say a doctor made a mistake and killed the patient by accident because he prescribed the wrong drug. How will this doctor be judged in accordance with Islam?

I'm talking about incidents where a person who does not have the intention to kill.
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aamirsaab
06-05-2013, 12:24 PM
Well in most legal cases, your example would be considered manslaughter due to lack of mens reas (intention to commit a crime; in this case "to kill") as opposed to say Murder, thus carrying a different sentence (manslaughter carrying a more lenient one)

I'm pretty sure it's a similar case in Islam, but I'll look up manslaughter (in my trusty sharia law handbook) later on today and get back to you.

EDIT:

Regarding Manslaughter (unintentional/accidental killing), it says to pay Diyah or Blood money to the deceased's family.

For a more detailed answer, please check:
http://islamqa.info/en/ref/52809


I will make a thread regarding application of Hadd punishments soon as there's a lot of valuable information and insight that I think is worth sharing.

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