for which sixty camels are due, at five camels per tooth. The molars number twenty: four premolars, which adjoin the canines; twelve molars, three on each side of each jaw; and four wisdom teeth, which are the rearmost teeth. According to Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab, forty camels are due for these. The total for all the teeth thus comes to one hundred and sixty camels, whereas under ʿUmar’s ruling it is eighty camels.
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An injury to the spine entails full blood money] if it disables the victim so that he cannot walk. Severing the penis entails full blood money], whether the entire organ or only the glans is severed. If part of it is severed, compensation is proportionate. The two testicles entail full blood money], with half due for each. Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyab held that two-thirds of the blood money is due for the left testicle and one-third for the right, because offspring come from the left one. Loss of the ability to have intercourse entails full blood money.
The two hands entail full blood money, with half due for each. Each finger entails ten camels. The two feet entail full blood money, with half due for each. Each toe entails ten camels. According to Ashhab, the projecting portions of the ears entail full blood money. According to Mālik, a man’s breast or buttock entails only independently assessed compensation. A woman’s two breasts, however, entail full blood money, as do her two buttocks according to Ashhab’s position. A woman’s two labia entail full blood money.
Abū al-Faraj reported from Ibn al-Mājishūn that the scalp—the skin covering the head—entails full blood money. Likewise, concerning a chest that is crushed and does not return to its former condition, he stated that full blood money is due.
Al-Abharī’s book states that if a person’s nose is struck, destroying his sense of smell while the nose remains intact, full blood money is due. Abū al-Faraj also held this view. Ibn Nāfiʿ reported from Mālik that independently assessed compensation is due, but this is an anomalous report. Their principles imply that loss of the sense of taste entails full blood money, though I know of no explicit statement on this from our scholars.
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Thus, according to the school, the total number of blood-money payments that may be due for injuries inflicted upon a man is eighteen