except the khāriṣah; even if he produces a muḍiḥah (bone-exposing wound) elsewhere in the body, or he cuts part of the mārin (nose cartilage) or part of an ear without fully severing it, retaliation is—according to the sounder view—still required.
Retaliation is likewise obligatory for any amputation carried out at a joint—even at the hip-socket or the shoulder—provided it can be done without endangering the offender’s life; if not, then, on the more correct opinion, it is not taken.
Qiṣāṣ is also due for gouging out an eye, cutting off an ear, an eyelid, the nose cartilage, a lip, the tongue, the penis, or both testicles, and, according to the sounder position, for removing either buttock or either labium.
There is no retaliation for a simple fracture of bone; instead, the victim may have the limb amputated at the joint nearest to the break and receive a ḥukūmah (court-assessed compensation) for the remainder.
If the assailant inflicts a muḍiḥah together with a hāshimah (bone-crushing wound), the victim may expose the offender’s bone in return and take five camels. If the wound is a muḍiḥah plus a munakkilah (bone-displacing wound), he does the same and takes ten camels.
When the offender severs the victim’s hand at the wrist, the avenger may not content himself with picking off the culprit’s fingers; should he do so he is subject to discretionary punishment but owes no damages. The sounder view, however, allows him afterward to amputate the palm to complete the lawful retaliation.
If the upper arm is shattered and detached, the victim may amputate the assailant’s arm at the elbow and obtain a ḥukūmah for what remains; should he request to amputate from the wrist instead, he is, on the weightier opinion, permitted to do so.
Should the offender inflict a muḍiḥah on the eye and the victim lose his sight, the avenger inflicts a like muḍiḥah on the offender; if that takes his sight, the matter ends, otherwise the avenger removes it by the mildest effective means, such as holding a heated iron near the eyeball.
If the assailant delivers a slap that normally destroys vision and the victim is blinded, the victim may give an identical slap; if that fails to blind him, he proceeds to remove his sight.
Hearing is treated like sight: its loss is subject to retaliation carried out through the injury’s natural progression. According to the sounder view, the same rule applies to the faculties of grip (baṭsh), taste, and smell.
Finally, if the offender cuts off one finger and another finger of the victim later becomes gangrenous, no retaliation is taken for the decayed finger.