If the wound closes up so that no trace of it remains and the hair regrows, the indemnity lapses according to Abū Ḥanīfa. Abū Yūsuf holds that compensation for the pain is still payable, while Muḥammad rules that only the physician’s fee is due. When someone has wounded a man, no payment is taken from him until the victim has completely recovered.
If a man’s hand is mistakenly cut off and he is then killed before the hand has healed, the full blood-money becomes payable and the indemnity for the hand is cancelled.
In every case of intentional homicide or injury where retaliation is dropped because of a legal doubt, the blood-money must be paid out of the killer’s own property; and any indemnity fixed by way of settlement is likewise his personal liability.
Should a father intentionally kill his son, the blood-money is taken from the father’s property and paid over three years. Any offence the culprit acknowledges is charged to his own estate, for he is not believed if he tries to shift it to his ʿāqilah (his male agnates).
The deliberate act of a minor or of an insane person is treated as accidental, and its blood-money is borne by the ʿāqilah.
Whoever digs a well in the public road of the Muslims or places a stone there, and a person dies because of it, the blood-money is on his ʿāqilah; but if an animal dies in it, its value is taken from the offender’s own property. Likewise, if someone projects an awning or a drainpipe into the roadway and it falls on a person and kills him, the blood-money is on his ʿāqilah. No expiation is required of the well-digger or the stone-placer.
If a man digs a well inside his own property and someone is killed in it, he is not liable.
A mounted rider is liable for anything his animal tramples, strikes with its forelegs, or bites; he is not liable for harm caused when it kicks with its hind legs or lashes with its tail.
If the animal defecates or urinates in the road and someone is harmed as a result, there is no liability. The driver, who urges the animal from behind, is liable for damage it causes with its forelegs or hind legs, whereas the leader, who walks in front, is liable only for what it strikes with its forelegs.
Whoever leads a string of animals is liable for anything they trample. If a driver is also with him