Damage to a car and he does not know if he caused it
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Question
Hello.
He parked his car and heard a scraping sound, and after he left the parking spot he saw that the other car was slightly scraped. He does not know whether he touched it and the scrape is from him, or whether the scrape was there beforehand. Does he have to pay?
Answer
Hello and blessings.
If he has a genuine doubt, he is exempt from paying, in accordance with the law of “I do not know if I became obligated.”
Source
Siman 75, se'if 9. There is no difference between a case of “I do not know whether you lent me” and “I do not know whether I damaged you or robbed you,” as explained there in the Shach, se'if katan 25, and in the Rema, Siman 365, se'if 2.
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