Chapter: Blood-Money for Limbs and Their Functions

Whoever destroys a bodily part of which a person has only one—such as the nose, the tongue, or the male organ—must pay the full diyah of a life.

For any part of which there are two—namely the eyes, the ears¹, the lips, the jaws, a woman’s breasts², a man’s nipples, the hands, the feet, the buttocks, the testicles, and a woman’s two labial folds—the full diyah is due; for only one of the pair, half of it is owed.

For the two nostrils the liability is two-thirds of the diyah, and for the septum between them one-third.
For the four eyelids the full diyah is payable, and for each eyelid one quarter.
For the fingers of the hands the diyah equals that for the toes of the feet: the full diyah, with one-tenth of the diyah for each finger³.
For every phalanx the amount is one-third of a tenth of the diyah, and because the thumb has only two joints, each joint carries half of a tenth—the same amount that applies to a tooth.

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The loss of any single faculty entails the full diyah: hearing, sight, smell, or taste. The same ruling applies to the loss of speech, intellect, the ability to walk, to eat, or to have sexual intercourse, as well as to permanent incontinence of urine or feces.

For each of the four kinds of hair the full diyah is payable; they are: the hair of the head …

¹ Including the earlobes.
² The same rule applies to a slave-woman, calculated according to her assessed value.
³ Thus one-tenth of the full diyah is due for every finger or toe, whether of the hand or the foot.