Can a person placed under legal restraint due to foolishness or bankruptcy initiate or be sued in a claim of homicide?

Chapter on Qasamah (Oaths regarding murder)

Al-Mughni

Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)

Book 48 · Issue 1 · Bab 3

Open in Qurani

Primary text

A person placed under legal restraint due to foolishness (*safah*) or bankruptcy (*filas*) is treated the same as a person not under restraint concerning the initiation of a lawsuit for homicide and being sued in a homicide claim.