There is a difference of opinion among the scholars on this matter. Some hold that there is no aggravation on account of time or place, because the textual proofs are general and contain no differentiation.
Others hold that the blood-money is aggravated on account of time, place, or circumstance. They say that it is aggravated if the killing occurs within the Sacred Sanctuary, while one is in the state of ihram, or during the sacred months—Rajab, Dhu al-Qi'dah, Dhu al-Hijjah, and Muharram. Each of these factors adds one third of the blood-money. Thus, if someone kills another during Dhu al-Qi'dah, without being in ihram and outside the Sacred Sanctuary, he owes the full blood-money plus one third of it. If he kills him while in ihram, in Mecca, but outside the sacred months, he owes the full blood-money plus two thirds of it—that is, 166 camels and two thirds of a camel. If all three factors coincide—by killing him within the Sacred Sanctuary, while in ihram, and during the sacred months—then he owes two full blood-monies.
Some, however, say that there is no aggravation for ihram. Rather, the blood-money is aggravated if the victim is a mahram relative of the killer.
The preponderant view is that there is no aggravation, neither in the Sacred Sanctuary, nor in ihram, nor during the sacred months, due to the generality of the evidence and the absence of any differentiation. Accordingly, the blood-money is one hundred camels in every case. The preponderant view also is that the blood-money is fundamentally one hundred camels; gold, silver, cattle, and sheep are not its original basis.
“Value is not taken into consideration in this matter; rather, what is taken into consideration is soundness. The blood-money for a Kitabi is half that of a Muslim, …”
His statement, “Value is not taken into consideration in this matter,” refers to what has preceded. That is, it is not required for each of the standard categories to be equal in value to the others, since this is generally impossible. Thus, it is not a condition that the value of one hundred camels be equal to that of two hundred cattle, two thousand sheep, twelve thousand silver coins, and one thousand mithqals of gold.