Damān protects the injured party through financial restoration, not through an automatic declaration of criminal guilt. Depending on the property, classical law may address restitution by equivalent items or their assessed value.
If a child destroys three replaceable books owned by someone else, the issue concerns replacement or legally assessed value. Two confusions should be avoided: equating lack of contract capacity with immunity from loss, and treating compensatory property liability as adult criminal punishment.
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Kitab al-Hajr: Grounds of Legal Restriction, Capacity and Liability
Damān protects the injured party through financial restoration, not through an automatic declaration of criminal guilt. Depending on the property, classical law may address restitution by equivalent items or their assessed value.
If a child destroys three replaceable books owned by someone else, the issue concerns replacement or legally assessed value. Two confusions should be avoided: equating lack of contract capacity with immunity from loss, and treating compensatory property liability as adult criminal punishment.