Chapter on the Blood Money for Wounds and Head Injuries

فِي الْمُوضِحَةِ خَمْسَةٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَ فِي السِّمْحَاقِ الَّتِي دُونَ الْمُوضِحَةِ أَرْبَعَةٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ‌[5] وَ فِي الْمُنَقِّلَةِ خَمْسَةَ عَشَرَ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ وَ فِي الْجَائِفَةِ ثُلُثُ‌ الدِّيَةِ ثَلَاثٌ وَ ثَلَاثُونَ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ‌[1] وَ فِي الْمَأْمُومَةِ ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ.

"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 inte

فِي الْبَاضِعَةِ ثَلَاثَةٌ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ‌[2].

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."

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع عَنْ رَجُلٍ شَجَّ رَجُلًا مُوضِحَةً وَ شَجَّهُ آخَرُ دَامِيَةً فِي مَقَامٍ وَاحِدٍ[1] فَمَاتَ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ عَلَيْهِمَا الدِّيَةُ فِي أَمْوَالِهِمَا نِصْفَيْنِ‌[2].

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."

سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الْمُوضِحَةِ فِي الرَّأْسِ كَمَا هِيَ فِي الْوَجْهِ فَقَالَ الْمُوضِحَةُ وَ الشِّجَاجُ فِي الْوَجْهِ وَ الرَّأْسِ سَوَاءٌ فِي الدِّيَةِ لِأَنَّ الْوَجْهَ مِنَ الرَّأْسِ وَ لَيْسَ الْجِرَاحَاتُ فِي الْجَسَدِ كَمَا هِيَ فِي الرَّأْسِ‌[3].

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

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبَانٍ قَالَ: الْجَائِفَةُ مَا وَقَعَتْ فِي الْجَوْفِ لَيْسَ لِصَاحِبِهِ قِصَاصٌ إِلَّا الْحُكُومَةُ وَ الْمُنَقِّلَةُ تُنَقَّلُ مِنْهَا الْعِظَامُ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قِصَاصٌ إِلَّا الْحُكُومَةُ وَ فِي الْمَأْمُومَةِ ثُلُثُ الدِّيَةِ لَيْسَ فِيهَا قِصَاصٌ إِلَّا الْحُكُومَةُ.

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

وَ فِي رِوَايَةِ السَّكُونِيِ‌ أَنَّ أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ ع قَضَى فِي الْهَاشِمَةِ بِعَشْرٍ مِنَ الْإِبِلِ‌[4].

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."

فِي عَبْدٍ شَجَّ رَجُلًا مُوضِحَةً ثُمَّ شَجَّ آخَرَ فَقَالَ هُوَ بَيْنَهُمَا[5]