“The diyah for the fingers of the hands and the toes of the feet is ten camels for every digit.” Al-Tirmidhi recorded this report and judged it sound, while al-Bukhari also transmitted it in a marfūʿ wording: “These and these are equal,”—meaning the little finger and the thumb. Together, the two hadiths establish that diyah is due for the fingers and toes, and that each individual digit represents one-tenth of the total diyah.

For every phalange of the fingers and toes, one-third of one-tenth of the diyah—i.e., one-thirtieth—is payable, because each finger is composed of three joints. Thus the diyah of a finger is divided by its joints just as the diyah of the hand is shared equally among the fingers. The thumb, however, has only two joints, so each of its joints carries one-half of one-tenth of the diyah, as already noted.

For each tooth the diyah is half of one-tenth—that is, five camels—based on the marfūʿ hadith of ʿAmr ibn Ḥazm: “For a tooth, five camels,” recorded by al-Nasaʾi. Al-Muwaffaq remarked, “We know of no disagreement that the diyah for each tooth is five camels.”

Second: Diyah for the loss of faculties

As for the faculties, what is meant are the functional benefits of the organs just mentioned—hearing, sight, smell, speech, and walking—for each organ possesses a distinct utility. Among these are the four senses: hearing, sight, smell, and taste. If any one of these senses is lost because of an assault, a full diyah becomes obligatory.