five age categories. Thus, we know that intentional and semi-deliberate killing share something in common with respect to the blood-money, while differing in another respect. They both entail an aggravated blood-money; however, they differ regarding liability and deferment: in semi-deliberate killing, it is borne by the agnatic relatives responsible for blood-money and deferred over three years, whereas in intentional killing it is payable immediately by the offender.

Accidental and semi-deliberate killing likewise share the fact that the blood-money is borne by the agnatic relatives and deferred over three years, but they differ with regard to its aggravation.

They said that the wisdom behind this distinction is that, when we consider the intent present in semi-deliberate killing, we liken it to intentional killing; yet, when we consider the absence of an intent to kill, we liken it to accidental killing. Both considerations are therefore taken into account: insofar as it is intentional, its blood-money is aggravated; and insofar as the killer did not intend to kill, it is made lighter by assigning the blood-money to the agnatic relatives and deferring it over three years.

Know that this aggravation applies only to camels. The other categories are not aggravated. Thus, for example, one is not required to pay twenty-four-karat gold; so long as it is gold, it suffices, provided that it is not defective.

Likewise, there is no aggravation in cattle: rather, half are paid as mature cows and half as yearling calves. In sheep, half are two-year-olds and half are yearlings, if they are sheep; but if they are goats, all of them are two-year-olds. There is no aggravation in any of this. Thus, there is no difference between intentional, semi-deliberate, and accidental killing, which indicates that the blood-money paid in camels is the original standard.

Is there any aggravation on account of time or place?