The Book of Jināyāt (Criminal Offences)

Question: Concerning car collisions and how liability (for damages) is determined, and if death occurs in the accident, whether few or many, how is the expiation for killing to be observed, etc.? This is the gist of the question.

Question: If two cars collide and, as a result of the collision, two persons in each car die, who is liable for what is lost of lives in the two cars?

Question: The owner of a car was driving in his lane at normal speed. Then another car came speeding and crashed into the side of the first car. It is known that this second car was at fault in entering...

Question: The driver of a car struck a woman with his car and fled. Many years passed, and now he wishes to clear himself and repent, but he does not know who this woman was, and he fears that if...

Question: If two cars collide and a man in one of them dies, who is the killer who must pay the blood-money and perform the expiation?

Question: A reckless youth, who had four friends like him, took his father’s car secretly and travelled in it along with his reckless companions. While they were driving, the youth heard a rattling noise inside the car, so he asked...

Question: Two men killed a man by mistake. What is required of them?

Question: A man got into his car at night and drove off. Suddenly he was met with bullets pouring down upon him and his car. One of the bullets directed at him wounded him. He stopped his car and stepped...

Question: A group of people travelled and, near the end of the night, they encountered on their way a group of highway robbers who blocked the road against them and pointed their machine guns at the driver’s head. Then some...

Question: A man said to another: “Do this work for me if you are knowledgeable about doing it, or if you are an electrician.” The man said, “I am an electrician.” The employer warned him about the danger of electricity....