The blood money for a free Muslim, when assessed in gold, is 1,000 dinars of the commonly circulating good-quality dinars; when assessed in silver, it is 12,000 dirhams. If assessed in camels, it is 100 camels divided into fifths: 20 one-year-old males (ibn makhāḍ), 20 one-year-old females (bint makhāḍ), 20 two-year-old females (bint labūn), 20 three-year-old females (ḥiqah), and 20 four-year-old females (jadhaʿah). If assessed in cattle, it is 200 cows meeting the zakat age requirements. If assessed in sheep, it is 1,000 sheep meeting the zakat age requirements.
The diyah has five basic forms: camels, cattle, sheep, gold, and silver. There are differing reports from Ahmad concerning suits of clothing: according to one report, it consists of 200 Yemeni suits, each valued at 60 dirhams; according to another report, they are not a basic form of diyah.
A woman’s blood money is half that of a man’s for a life. As for the limbs, her compensation is equal to a man’s up to one-third of the full diyah; once it exceeds one-third, it is half that of a man. There are differing reports from Ahmad concerning the diyah of a Jew or Christian: according to one report, it is half the diyah of a Muslim; according to another, it is one-third of the diyah of a Muslim.
As for a Magian, his diyah is two-thirds of one-tenth of a Muslim’s diyah—800 dirhams—and this applies to accidental killing. In the case of intentional killing, the diyah of a Jew or Christian is the same as that of a Muslim, while the diyah of a Magian is twice his own diyah, amounting to 1,600 dirhams.
The diyah of a slave is his market value, whatever it may be, even if it exceeds the diyah of a free person many times over.
As for quasi-intentional killing, it is when a person intends the act but does not intend to kill—for example, when a man strikes another with a stick or throws a stone at him, where one might survive such a blow but might also die from it, and the blow results in his death. There is no retaliation in this case; rather, an aggravated diyah is due and is borne by the ʿāqilah.
The aggravation of the diyah in gold and silver consists in adding one-third to it. In the case of camels, it consists of dividing them into quarters: 25 one-year-old females (banāt makhāḍ), 25 two-year-old females (banāt labūn), 25 three-year-old females (ḥiqah), and 25 four-year-old females (jadhaʿah).