The Blood Money for the Loss of Utility
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Question:
The Shaykh’s case, so let it be a right for one over another, which has not become an issue concerning the Muslims.
Answer:
It comes in the blood money for the loss of utility. It comes in the blood money for the loss of utility: if the utility of a limb is nullified, he owes its blood money. If the utility of the hand is nullified, he owes its blood money. If the utility of the eye is nullified, he owes its blood money. If the utility of the tongue is nullified, so that a person is unable to speak, he owes the blood money for the tongue. This is called the blood money for the loss of utility. If the utility of intercourse is nullified, so that a person is unable to have intercourse, the penis is present but he has nullified intercourse, he owes the full blood money, the blood money for a life. This is the blood money for the loss of utility.
The Shaykh’s case, so let it be a right for one over another, which has not become an issue concerning the Muslims.
Answer:
It comes in the blood money for the loss of utility. It comes in the blood money for the loss of utility: if the utility of a limb is nullified, he owes its blood money. If the utility of the hand is nullified, he owes its blood money. If the utility of the eye is nullified, he owes its blood money. If the utility of the tongue is nullified, so that a person is unable to speak, he owes the blood money for the tongue. This is called the blood money for the loss of utility. If the utility of intercourse is nullified, so that a person is unable to have intercourse, the penis is present but he has nullified intercourse, he owes the full blood money, the blood money for a life. This is the blood money for the loss of utility.
Source
شرح بلوغ المرام من أدلة الأحكام [ صالح الفوزان ]، باب الديات — islamhouse.com (55:17)
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