For a penetrating wound (al-jāʾifah) the indemnity is one-third of the full blood-money, in accordance with the letter of ʿAmr b. Ḥazm: “For a jāʾifah, one-third of the blood-money.”

Imām al-Muwaffaq said, “This is the view held by the vast majority of scholars—the people of Madinah, the people of Kūfah, the hadith specialists, and the jurists of opinion alike.”

A jāʾifah is a wound that reaches the interior of a body cavity: the abdomen, back, chest, throat, or bladder.

Compensation for broken bones is as follows:
• If a rib is broken and then heals straight, the due payment is one camel, and one camel is likewise owed for each of the two collarbones, in keeping with the report from ʿUmar (d. 23 AH): “For a rib, a camel; for a clavicle, a camel.” The clavicle is the curved bone that runs from the base of the neck to the shoulder; every person has two of them.
• If the rib or clavicle mends but not in proper alignment, the amount is set by discretionary assessment (ḥukūmah).
• For a fracture of the arm—the forearm that joins the ulna to the upper arm—if it heals straight, the indemnity is two camels; the same ruling applies to a fracture of the thigh.