Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3823

The direct perpetrator is obliged to compensate for bodily harm requiring diya in accordance with the provisions of Islamic Sharia and the contents of the diya schedule whenever that harm occurs by direct action and through the use of any thing mentioned in Article 243 of the Civil Code. - The direct perpetrator. What is meant thereby. An example concerning the deceased's collision, while crossing the road, with a moving car.