hair, then it grows back, his blood-money is waived. So should we say that this is like hair: since he restored it through an operation, he is entitled to nothing?
The answer is: if he restored the very same nose and it remains in place, then its blood-money is undoubtedly waived. But if he restored a different nose, this requires consideration and reflection.
His statement, “such as the nose”: if the nose belonged to a person with anosmia—that is, one who cannot smell—or was paralyzed, the full blood-money is still due.
His statement, “and the tongue”: the blood-money for a life is likewise due for it. If it belongs to a woman, then the blood-money for a woman is due; and if it belongs to a man, then the blood-money for a man is due. This is despite the fact that cutting off his tongue deprives him of two functions: speech and taste. Yet functions are not taken into account when what is destroyed is a limb, just as killing a person destroys numerous functions.
His statement, “and the penis,” means that the blood-money for a life is due for it, because a person has only one of it.
The evidence is the Prophet’s statement in the hadith: “For the penis there is blood-money; for the nose, if it is completely severed, there is blood-money; and for the tongue there is blood-money.” (1)
Whatever a person has two of—such as the two eyes, two ears, two lips, two jawbones, a woman’s two breasts, a man’s two nipples, two hands, two feet, two buttocks, two testicles, and a woman’s two labia—carries the full blood-money if both are destroyed, and half of it for either one of them, …
His statement, “Whatever a person has two of, such as the two eyes, two ears, two lips, and two jawbones”: the full blood-money is due for both, and half of it for either one. Thus, for anything of which a person has two, if both are destroyed, the full blood-money is due; and for one of them, half the blood-money is due.