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Indemnity
The Arabic term diyah, i.e. indemnity, is defined as the money given to the victim or to his immediate family because of the offence.
Offences causing physical injury
These include every type of harm that affects a human being but does not lead to death, including wounds and loss of limbs or other organs.In these cases al-Qisaas is enforced. Allah says: ‘A life for a life, an eye for an eye, a nose for a nose, an ear for an ear, a tooth for a tooth, and a similar retribution for wounds’ (5: 43).
Accidental killing
The offender has no intention to kill the victim, but his action results in another’s death.Ruling: The ruling relating to the hereafter is that accidental killing does not incur a sin or a punishment, while the ruling relating to this life is that indemnity is payable by the offender and his relatives over a period of three years.
Semi-deliberate killing, or manslaughter
This occurs when the offender attacks his victim with something which does not normally cause death, but then the victim dies.
An offence against life
This is the crime of killing. Allah says: ‘Do not take any human being’s life – which Allah has made sacred – except in the course of justice’ (6: 151).
