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3.3.9. Non-physical actions
Non-physical actions, such as scaring or temfyimg a person
and the like, incur criminal responsibility if they result in death or
h m to a person, according to ' ~ l i It . was ~ narrated ~ ~ that Ibn Jurayj
said: "I said to 'Ata': 'A man called out to a boy who was standing on
a wall, saying that he should move back, and the boy fell and died.'
He said: 'They narrated that 'Ali (&) said: "He is to be held liable.
He scared him.""'299 Holding a person accountable for non-physical
actions in general is the opinion of the majority of scholars.300
3.3.10. Harm caused by doctors
If a doctor or veterinarian does something that is contraty to
treatment methods and causes harm to a person or animal, he is
liable.301 It was narrated that ad-D&% ibn Muz%im said: "'Ali
(&) addressed the people and said: '0 veterinarians and doctors,
whoever among you treats a sick person or an animal, let hi take
steps to prove his innocence. If he treats something without covering
himself and causes damage, then he is liable."'302 It was narrated
from Mujihid that 'Ali (&) ,.. said concerning doctors: "If he (the
doctor) does not bring witnesses to what he is treating, then he has no
one to blame but himself." Then he said: "He is liable."303
3.3.11. One who dies as a result of
just retaliation or hadd punishment
If a $add punishment or retaliation is canied out on one who
deserves it, and he dies, there is no liability on the one who carried it
out, according to 'Ali (&3,).304 He (&) said: "If a person dies as a
result of retaliation that was in accordance with the Book of Allah
(&), there is no compensation for him."305 He said: "The one who
dies as a result of a hadd punishment was only killed by the hadd