Section: The Scheduled Amounts of Blood-Money for Homicide
The blood-money (diya) for a free Muslim—whether child or adult—is one hundred camels, or two hundred cattle, or one thousand sheep, or one thousand mithqals of gold1, or twelve thousand silver dirhams.
The diya for a free Muslim woman is one-half of that amount. The diya for a free Scripturalist (kitabi) man equals that of a free Muslim woman, while the diya for a Scripturalist woman is half of that2. The indemnity for a free Magian man is eight hundred dirhams, and for a Magian woman half of that.
Male and female are treated alike with respect to injuries that entail less than one-third of the full diya. Thus, if someone severs three fingers of a free Muslim woman, he owes thirty camels; but if he severs a fourth before the earlier wounds have healed, the amount reverts to twenty.
The diya for accidental killing3 is increased by one-third in each of the following situations: within the Sacred Precinct of Mecca (ḥaram), while the killer is in a state of consecration (iḥrām), or during one of the sacred months. If all three circumstances coincide4, two full diyas are due.
If a Muslim intentionally kills a non-Muslim, he must pay double the latter’s diya5. As for a slave, his diya is his market value, whether low or high.