Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 438

The direct actor is liable even if he did not act intentionally or transgress. The direct actor. His definition in Islamic jurisprudence. A person whose act, performed by himself, brought about the damage in itself and caused it without an intermediary between his act and the resulting damage. - The direct actor and the indirect causer. Their meanings. Example. The sudden bursting of a car tire and its overturning while moving, resulting in the death of one of its passengers, establishes the status of direct actor in respect of the driver. A judgment contrary to this. An error in the application of the law.