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134 ISLAM ITS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES . SLAVERY AND PUNISHMENT 135 The murderer is excluded from being heir to the murdered person. (2) Qatal shibhu l-'Amd, or manslaughter. A semblance of wilful murder when the perpetrator strikes a man with something which is neither a weapon nor serves as such. Such a murder is held to be sinful and to require expiation, and it excludes the manslayer from inheriting the property of the slain. (3) Qat!u'l-Kha~ii, or Homicide by misadventure, is of two kinds: error in intention, and error in the act. The former is where a person intends a particular act, and another act is thereby occasioned ; e. g., a person shoots an arrow at a mark and it hits a man. The latter, on the other hand, is where the mistake occurs not in the act, but with respect to the subject; as where a person shoots an arrow at a man supposing him to be a game. Such a slayer is required to free a Muslim slave, or fast two months successively, and to pay a fine within three years. He is excluded from inheriting the property of the slain. (4) Qat! qii'im maqiimu'l-Kbatii, or HomiCide of a similar nature to homicide by misadventure, is where, for example. a person walking in his sleep falls upon another, so as to kill him by the fall. It is subject to the same rules with homicide by misadventure. (5) Qat! ba-sabab, or Homicide by intermediate cause, e. g., when a man digs a well, or sets up a stone, and another falls into the well, or over the stone, and dies. In this case a fine must be paid, but it does not exclude from inheritance, nor does it require expiation. Retaliations short of life are treated in the following manner: If a person wilfully strike off the hand of another, his hand is to be struck off in return (SUra 5: 49). If a person strike off the foot of another, or cut off the nose, retaliation is inflicted in return. If a person strike another on the eye, so as to force the member, with its vessels, out of the socket, there is no retaliation; it is impossible to preserve a perfect equality in extracting an eye. If, on the other hand, the eye remain in its place, but the faculty of seeing be destroyed, retaliation is to be inflicted, as in this caSe equality may be effected by extinguishing the sight of the offender's corresponding eye with a hot iron. Retaliation is not i11flicted in the case of breaking any bones except teeth, because it is impossible to observe an equality in other fractures. If a person immerse another into water whence it is impossible for him to escape by swimming, according to Abu l;Ianifa, retaliation is not incurred. Retaliation May be Commuted. Retaliation may be commuted for a sum of money. Where compensation is offered, it is desirable to accept. The sum paid for the murdered person is a matter to be settlE'd between the parties.
136 ISLAM ITS BELIEFS AND PRACTICES A Sovereign Is Not Punishable. If a supreme ruler (such as the Kbalifa) commit any offence punishable by law, such as adultery, fornication, theft, or drunkenness, he is not subject to any punishment . (but yet if he commit murder he is subject to the retaliation, and he is also accountable in matters of property), because punishment is a right of God, the infliction of which is committed to the Kballfa (or other supreme magistrate), and to none else; and he cannot inflict punishment upon himself. CHAPTER VII. Miscellaneous Subjects. Slaying of Animals (Dhabah). All animals, the flesh of which is eatable, except fish and locusts, when killed for food must be slain by dhabal}. The object of dllabal} is to separate the blood from the flesh. The place for slaying is between the throat and the head of the breast-bone, because the blood freely issues from a wound given in that place. Dhabah is of two kinds: (1) D\abaJ.lU'I-IkhtiYiirI, of choice, or voluntary which is performed by cutting the throat above the breast. (2) Dt,aba].lu'l-Iq.tiriirl, or of necessity, that is, at random, from necessity, which is effected by a wound or any part of the animal's body.. It is a condition of Dhaba].lu'I-IkhtiYiirI that the name of God be pronounced over the animal at the time of slaying it. In the case of Dt,aba].lu'I-Iq.tiriirI (or of a man slaying an animal in hunting), the condition is that invocation be pronounced at the time of letting loose the hound or hawk, or shooting the arrow, which is called an invocation over the instrument. The Dhaba].l must be performed by a Muslim, or Kitiibl (a Jew or a Christian) provided he be a person acquainted with the form of invocation, whether man or woman, infant or idiot. It cannot be performed by an idolater or an apostate. All animals not eatable, such as rats, dogs or cats, when their flesh is required to be used in medical composition, are rendered clean by Dhaba].l.
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