Chapter on the Blood Money for Wounds and Head Injuries

"For an Al-muḍihah (a wound that exposes the bone), the compensation is five camels. For the as-simhaq (a wound just below the skin but not exposing the bone), it is four camels. For the Al-munaqqilah (a wound that causes bone fragments), compensation is fifteen camels. For the Al-jaʾifah (a wound that reaches the internal organs), it is one-third of the full blood money, which is thirty-three camels. Likewise, for the Al-maʾmumah (a wound reaching the membrane of the brain), it is also one-third of the full blood money."

Hadith.5382 - In the narration of Ibn Al-Mughirah from Abdullah ibn Sinan, from Abu Abdullah Imam Jafar ibn Muhammad Al-Sadiq (as), that he said: "For the baḍiah (a wound that cuts through the flesh after the skin), the compensation is three camels."

I asked Abu Abdullah (as) about a man who was struck by one person with a muḍihah wound (a wound that exposes the bone) and by another person with a damiyah wound (a bleeding wound) in the same instance, and the man died. Imam (as) said: "The blood money is upon both of them, divided equally between their wealth."

I asked Imam (as) about the muḍihah (a wound that exposes the bone) on the head - whether it is the same as on the face. Imam (as) said: "The muḍihah and other head wounds are the same in blood money (diyyah) whether they occur on the face or the head because the face is part of the head. However, injuries on the body are not treated the same as those on the head."

Hadith.5385 - In the narration of Aban, he said: "Al-jaifah (a wound that penetrates into the internal cavity) has no qisas (retaliation); only hukumah (compensatory assessment) is applied. Al-munqilah (a wound that causes bone fragments to dislodge) also has no qisas; only hukumah is applied. For Al-ma'mumah (a wound that reaches the covering membrane of the brain), one-third of the diyah (blood money) is due, and there is no qisas for it, except for hukumah."

Hadith.5386 - In the narration of Al-Sakuni: "Indeed, the Commander of the Faithful (as) ruled that for the hashimah (a wound that fractures the bone), the compensation is ten camels."

Hadith.5387 - Abu Abdullah (as) said regarding a slave who struck one man with a muḍihah wound (a wound that exposes the bone) and then struck another man similarly: "The compensation is to be divided between them."