Is the archer liable for expiation and blood money when a hostile combatant (*harbi*) uses a Muslim as a shield after the arrow has been shot?

Chapter on Retaliation (Qawad)

Al-Mughni

Book of Wounds

Book 47 · Issue 1 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If a hostile combatant uses a Muslim as a shield after the arrow has been loosed, the archer is subject to expiation (*kaffarah*). Regarding the blood money (*diyah*) payable by the archer's *aqilah* (kin group), there are two established narrations (rulings).