I heard that if a person falls from the roof on your car and dies,you are responsable for their death in saudi

is this true? what is the logic.
how about if they fall to the street and die, is the roads company responsable then?

if it is a rumor then it is a strong one, i have been hearing it from actual saudis for the past 5 years. i dont think saudis would spread bad rumors about saudi arabia (none of them could explain the logic behind it)

Yes, its true...
I'm a Saudi..
I think this is the most stupidest law ever here.. But its not a rumor and its true..
I was talking about this to my husband once.. We jokingly said if someone who wants to commit suicide jumps and lands on our car, we will hurridly run out, shove him off and move the car... loooooooooool
I know this sounds cruel, but its no more than the idiocity of the dumb law...

Really? Strange!

They finally passed a law in America making it illegal to carry passengers in the back of an open truck.
Many lives have been saved.
If you put someone on the top of your car and move it, then stop fast and they turn into a cannonball you are a murderer and not at all bright.
You don't seem to care much for the dead guy.

Wrong
Please verify this news.
Someone always make roomer and spread about saudi arabia.

No that's not true.

No, surely this is not true. Maybe this is a rumour that someone spread.

P.S. OK, here there is a simple reason why it cannot be true:

In Islamic law you have certain areas: hudud, qisas and tazir from which the judge draws to reach a verdict. Such a case- and i am talking totally hypothetically as there would be no case in the first place- would fall under tazir and would be treated as a case that has no prescribed punishment according to the Koran. Thus it would have to be dealt independently.
But as saudi law is not a case law, as for example in the UK, basing the punishment on previous cases is impossible. Thus there is no fixed verdict that in such a case the owner of the car is responsible in the first place.

i am an american living in dhahran, saudi arabia, and i have heard this rumor many times. but that is all it is, a rumor. the judicial system is very messed up here, but not that messed up!

According to the Sharia, if one causes the death or injury of another person accidentally or intentionally, he or she has to pay blood money or diya. The blood money is to be paid to the victim's family as compensation and the amount is given in accordance with Sharia.

The diya is also a punishment and a means of protecting the rights of the parents of the victim and is given automatically. The parents do not have to sue for the money. The compensation will be granted by a judge who is in charge of criminal proceedings and he will award the diya when pronouncing the sentence on the accused.

The blood money will only be payable if the person who caused the death of another person is found guilty under criminal procedure or legally responsible for committing a wrongful act, offence or crime.

Nothing can happen to you as long as you are not found guilty for parking or sitting in your car while a person falls of the roof. If the reason for the person falling of the roof is an accident, collapse of the building etc. the owner or manager of the company is responsible.

Much more dangerous are some people who try to jump in front of cars driving on the highway. I always try to stay in the middle lane and slow down when I see people standing at the side.

If it's clear that somebody commited suicide, you do not have to pay anything.

Sad but true is also that you have to be carefull seeing an accident and trying to help. If you maybe move a person (in best intention to help) and he/she dies of this, you'll have to pay the blood money.

Take care

no way its really strange

I'm Saudi, i've been living here for 29 years. I've never heard of that before. You should be smart enough to not believe what you hear.