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Resolution  No.(26): “Diya and its Rulings“

Date: 25/6/1413 AH corresponding to 19/12/1992 AD

The Board has received the following question:
What is the value of Diya (blood money) and what are the rulings pertaining to it?
Answer: All success is due to Allah.
The Board has determined the following:
A- Value of Diya
1- In principle, the value of Diya is a hundred camels. However, it is permissible to assess its value according to the currency of the country where the verdict was issued.
2- The value of camels is calculated according to their minimum price in the Islamic countries, and transportation costs are added.
3- The Diya in premeditated and quasi-intentional killing is denser, so an extra third is added on its original amount.
4- A committee of Sharia judges and experts is formed to determine the value of Diya in Jordanian currency in accordance with the above principles, whenever necessary.
B- Aqila
Diya is an obligation on the killer`s Aqila in accidental and quasi-intentional killings, according with the following rulings:
1- A person`s Aqila is his male blood relatives, classified in accordance with their degree of kinship.
2- Diya is shouldered by the killer`s Aqila, each according to his financial capability.
3- Diya is due on those legally competent.
4- The maximum share due on any member of the killer`s Aqila shall not exceed two hundred and fifty JDs., divided over a span of three years.
5- The Sharia judge rules that the whole Diya is due on the killer regardless of the type of killing, and the killer has the right to demand the members of his Aqila to pay the sums due on each in line with these rulings.
6- A killer who has no Aqila shall pay the whole Diya, regardless of the type of killing.
7- If a government or a non-government employee committed murder due to the nature of his work, and without negligence or carelessness on his part, then the public treasury or the organization that he works for shall pay the whole Diya.
8- Dwellers of villages, or neighborhoods who are members of the same clan obliged to pay the Diya of the person who found dead in their area, and whose killer wasn`t known, after the avengers of the blood heir offer compurgation (by oath) in the proper legal form. And Allah Knows Best.

Chairman of the Iftaa` Board, Chief Justice Dr.Nooh Al-Qodaat

Deputized Grand Mufti of Jordan, Sheikh Saeid Hijjawi

Dr. Abdassalam Al-Abbadi

Dr. Ahmad Hilayel

Mahmood Shewayat

Dr. Omar Al-Ashkhar

Dr. Ali Al-Faqheer

Dr. Mohammad Naeim Yaseen

Dr. Ibrahim Khash-shan

Dr. Yaseen Daradkeh

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Summarized Fatawaa

What is the ruling on using bank cards such as Visa and MasterCard?

All perfect praise be to Allah, The Lord of The Worlds, and may His Peace and Blessings be upon our Prophet Muhammad and upo all of his family and comapnions                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        It is permissible to use such cards in accordance with the following conditions: 1- The issuing body does not stipulate collecting interest upon late payments. 2- The merchant does not increase the price of the goods due to an increase in the commission collected from him by the card issuer. 3- The purchased item(s) should not be gold, silver or currency in case the card is not covered. And Allah Knows Best.

My husband has deprived me of visiting my family and is threatening to take my 7-month-old baby girl. Is he entitled to do so?

All perfect praise be to Allah the Lord of the Worlds. May His peace and blessings be upon our Prophet Mohammad and upon all his family and companions.
Your question is unclear, but family visitation is a legitimate right of yours. However, if he deprives you from this, try to convince him with wisdom and fair preaching. If there is a problem between you two, try to fix it. As for your daughter, you are most entitled to her custody anyway. Even if he divorced you, the girl remains under your care so long as you don`t get married. And Allah The Almighty Knows Best.

Does ill-gotten money hinder the answering of the Du`a (supplication) and the means of subsistence?

Sins hinder the answering of the Du`a, and deprive the sinner from means of subsistence; whereas, acts of obedience facilitate making a living. Allah, The Almighty, Says (What means) : "And for those who fear God, He (ever) prepares a way out. And He provides for him from (sources) he never could imagine." [At-Talaq/2-3].

How does a praying person prostrate?

All perfect praise be to Allah,The Lord of The Worlds                                                                                                                                                                        It is from Sunnah that he/she sits with both knees on the ground in order to prostrate, then hands, nose and forehead are placed on the same place. In addition, the toes have to touch the ground, and be directed towards the Qiblah (direction of Ka`bah) during prostration. And Allah Knows Best.

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