Who is liable when someone is hit by an unintentional arrow while being presented towards a target?

General Chapter

Al-Mughni

Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)

Book 48 · Issue 1 · Bab 1

Open in Qurani

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If a person is presented towards a target at which people are shooting, and they are struck by an arrow unintentionally, liability rests upon the *aqilah* (blood-relatives responsible for compensating accidental death or injury) of the one who presented the victim. This is because the shooter is analogous to the digger of a pit, and the presenter is analogous to the pusher, thus liability falls upon the presenter's *aqilah*. Liability is established by the principle that the presenter is the cause, similar to the one who pushes someone into harm.