Comments on: Saudi Arabia: Payment of Diyyah

By: Al-Nemer

Al-Nemer — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:49:12 +0000

“In Arabic the word means both blood money and ransom.”

Actually, ransom would be fidyah, not diyyah.

By: Sunny

Sunny — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:05:49 +0000

No doubt, Saudi Sharia Law is discrimated against women and non-muslism.

By: American Bedu

American Bedu — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 23:37:27 +0000

@Aramco Brat – thank you! And I will have to research your query. I have heard of ongoing “feuds” between some Beudion families.

By: Aramco Brat

Aramco Brat — Mon, 15 Jun 2009 19:38:45 +0000

Thank you for this interesting post–American Bedu, you always probe the difficult subjects. I am curious to know more about the consequences of “revenge” killings–murders committed in direct response (and in the heat of the moment, so to speak) to the killing of a family member, for instance. Is diyyah owed to the family of the deceased murderer? Or is it considered to be a “wash,” in which both families have taken enough from each other? How does Islamic law in the Kingdom apply to this type of situation? Sorry for the strangeness of this post, but this is in direct relation to a conversation about Saudi legal proceedings that I had with a friend recently. Thank you in advance for any information on this subject.

By: American Bedu

American Bedu — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 17:54:03 +0000

@TXGal – considering I am in Houston at the moment, I will certainly be very diligent while driving!!!

By: TXGaL828

TXGaL828 — Sat, 13 Jun 2009 07:35:52 +0000

We have something similar in Houston, too. A guy randomly steps out in front of your car hoping to get hit and collect some insurance money for his injuries.
Its mostly in Downtown where there are a lot of homeless people roaming about. Usually most of them have psychological problems.

And, I agree.. how can one creation of God be worth more than another? Yet, we see the same thing all over the world. Even in the USA, where a black man shot in the projects is not as important, and does not get as much airtime as a white man shot in his $2 million mansion.
I guess the Saudis are just more open about it. :/

By: American Bedu

American Bedu — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 16:03:45 +0000

@Olive the Oil – it all depends but they could easily be in the thousands if they are used for breeding and/or racing.

By: munaqabah

munaqabah — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 07:53:20 +0000

“it started during the time of the prophet as soon as he/the Muslims had power in the community.”

It started long before the Prophet (pbuh). These people were subjects of the Roman or Persian empires before the Muslims conquered their lands; do you think they weren’t paying taxes to them?

By: olivetheoil

olivetheoil — Sun, 07 Jun 2009 06:26:15 +0000

I can’t help but ask, what IS the price of 10 she camels in today’s market?

By: Chiara

Chiara — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 15:38:28 +0000

Lynn– agreed. That’s why I wrote “without having to serve in Muslim armies as the feudal system would normally require.” The feudal system usually requires payment on an ongoing basis and military service as required.

The Mafia culture has strong similarities with the traditional rural quasi-feudal Southern Italian agrarian culture from which it originates.