Is there a distinction between an injury followed by death and an injury that leads to death later?
Chapter on Retaliation (Qawad)
Al-Mughni
Book of Wounds
Primary text
There is no distinction between a case where the perpetrator injures the victim and then immediately kills him, and a case where the injury later spreads and causes death. In both scenarios, the ruling remains that full retribution matching the initial injury is not permitted because the injury itself does not mandate Qisas.