half the diyah.
681 — They unanimously agree that if the nose is completely severed, the full diyah is due.
682 — They unanimously agree that for the tongue, the full diyah is due.
683 — They unanimously agree that for the tongue of a mute person a ḥukūmah (discretionary assessment) is imposed. Qatadah and al-Nakhaʿi alone dissented: the latter of the two required the full diyah, while the other set it at one-third of the diyah.
684 — The majority of the scholars whose views we transmit hold that loss of the voice through assault entails the full diyah.
685 — They unanimously agree that the hand carries half the diyah.
686 — The majority of the scholars we know say that all the fingers are equal, with none preferred over the others. We have transmitted another opinion from ʿUmar, and we have also transmitted from him one that concurs with the majority view.
687 — They unanimously agree that the phalanges are all equal, and that each phalanx carries one-third of the diyah of its finger, except in the case of the thumb.
688 — Many scholars unanimously agree that the thumb comprises two phalanges. Mālik ibn Anas alone differed, holding that it has three phalanges in one of his two opinions, while in his other opinion he concurs with the majority.
689 — They unanimously agree that if a sound hand is struck and thereby rendered useless, its complete diyah is payable.
690 — They unanimously agree that a woman’s breast carries half the diyah.
691 — They unanimously agree that the spine carries the full diyah. Ibn al-Zubayr alone differed; we have transmitted from him that he ruled it at two-thirds of the diyah.
691/2 — They unanimously agree that for an al-jāʾifah (a penetrating wound to the body cavity) the compensation is one-third of the diyah. Makḥūl alone held that if it was inflicted intentionally, two-thirds of the diyah are due (1).
692 — They unanimously agree that the penis carries the full diyah. Qatadah alone said that the penis of a man who does not approach women carries one-third of the diyah owed for the penis of a man who does.
693 — They unanimously agree that the two buttocks carry the full diyah.