To whom is the blood money paid if a projectile strikes a non-Muslim who converts to Islam and dies from the injury, and is the inheritance considered based on the status at injury or death?
Chapter on Retaliation (Qawad)
Al-Mughni
Book of Wounds
Primary text
The blood money is due to the heirs, not the master, and if the deceased converted to Islam, his blood money is due to his Muslim heirs, not Kuffar heirs, because if he had died a free Muslim at the time of the throw, his heirs would inherit. Inheritance is established upon death, so the status at death is considered, not the status at the cause of death. For compensating the physical part (substitute for the limb), consideration is given to the part that was lost; thus, compensation is based on the value of what was lost: the life of a free Muslim. Qisas, being retribution for the act, considers both the act and the impact simultaneously, as they form the two sides of the action, which is why Qisas is not due for killing him under these conditions.