Is blood money for accidental killing (*khaṭa'*) or quasi-intentional killing (*shibh al-ʿamd*) incumbent upon the perpetrator personally?

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Blood money for accidental killing or quasi-intentional killing is incumbent upon the perpetrator themselves, not the *aqilah*. This is the position held by Ibn Abbas, Al-Sha'bi, Al-Hasan, 'Umar ibn 'Abd Al-'Aziz, Al-Zuhri, Sulayman ibn Musa, Al-Thawri, Malik, Al-Awza'i, Al-Shafi'i, Ishaq, and the Companions of Ra'y (the Hanafi school). Evidence for this is found in the statement of Allah: {And whoever kills a believer by mistake, then [the penalty is] the freeing of a believing slave and a prescribed indemnity paid to his family} (Quran 4:92). Moreover, the perpetrator is confessing a liability that mandates money; thus, the confession is valid, similar to admitting to the destruction of property or a injury for which the *aqilah* does not bear the *diyah*.