Multiple Murders and the Necessity of Retaliation over Blood Money

The retaliation of spirit is a punishment that has been legislated for protection of human dignity and protection of his rights against those who want to kill him. However, sometimes a person murders two or more; then is retaliation a sufficient punishment for the murderer? Since the victim's family has the retaliation and blood money right, if all of them accept the blood money or retaliation, it would be ok. But if they disagree or one of them kills the murderer, what is the verdict? Imamamie scholars have different ideas about the answer to this question: most of them believe that the murderer should be killed as retaliation and others suggest murderer retaliation for one of the victims; for the other victims the blood money should be paid. Iranian lawmaker accepted the famous jurist’s idea. This article explores the multiple murder in jurisprudence and reviews the reasons of pros and cons. The writers conclude that the famous reasons and evidence cannot prove this theory, and the Islamic punishment law needs to be revised.