For both eyes the full diyah is payable, and for either eye half a diyah.

If sight is lost from both eyes, the full diyah is likewise due, while the loss of sight in only one eye entails half a diyah. Should the vision of both eyes be extinguished—whether the eyeballs themselves have collapsed or not—the full diyah is payable; for one eye, half a diyah. In the same way, if both eyeballs are actually gouged out the full diyah is due, and if only one eye is gouged out, half a diyah. When the loss is partial, the compensation is proportional to the degree of impairment.

Injury to the eyelids calls for a discretionary award (ḥukūmah), and so does damage to the eye-socket.

The single eye of a one-eyed person carries a full diyah. If such a person deliberately blinds one eye of someone whose two eyes are sound, retaliation (qiṣāṣ) is required provided that the injured eye corresponds to the assailant’s good eye—right for right or left for left. If, however, the victim accepts a settlement or pardons him, the offender must still pay the full diyah of his own remaining eye. When a one-eyed person blinds one eye of a sound individual unintentionally, he is liable only for the diyah of that single eye. Different opinions are reported from Mālik and his associates on this question, but the definitive position of Mālik is as I have described.

If a one-eyed person blinds both eyes of a sound person, one of the victim’s eyes may be taken in retaliation, and the offender must also pay half a diyah for the other.

For the two lips the full diyah is due, and for either lip half a diyah. For the two buttocks the full diyah is payable, and for one of them half a diyah.

For both hands the full diyah is payable, and for either hand half a diyah, whether the amputation is at the wrist, the elbow, or the upper arm. The same applies to the feet: the full diyah for both, and half a diyah for either foot, whether the cut is at the ankle or at the thigh. Paralysis of the hands or feet is treated exactly like their amputation with respect to diyah.

A woman’s two breasts carry a full diyah—five hundred dinars in full-weight gold—and for either breast half of that amount. If her milk dries up completely, or if it flows continuously and cannot be stopped, the full diyah is payable for both breasts; in my view this ruling needs further examination, and the same reservation applies to the eyebrows.

It is reported from Mālik that piercing both ears incurs the full diyah. For the hair of the beard the compensation is a discretionary award (ḥukūmah).

For the fingers of the two hands the diyah is payable, and for the fingers