What is the liability when a second horseman overtakes and collides with the first?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Beverages (Intoxicants)

Book 53 · Issue 4 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

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If one rider is moving ahead of another and the second rider overtakes and collides, causing the death of one or both animals, the liability rests solely on the overtaking rider because he is the one inflicting the collision, while the one ahead is considered stationary.