Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 21
much for the finger of a woman?’ He said, ‘Ten camels’ I said, ‘How
much for two fingers?’ He said, ‘Twenty camels.’ I said, ‘How much for
three?’ He said, ‘Thirty camels.’ I said, ‘How much for four?’ He
said, ‘Twenty camels.’ I said, ‘When her wound is greater and her
affliction stronger, is her blood-money then less?’ He said, ‘Are you
an Iraqi?’ I said, ‘Rather, I am a scholar who seeks to verify things,
or an ignorant man who seeks to learn.’ Said said, ‘It is the sunna,
my nephew.’ ”
Malik said, “What is done in our community
about all the fingers of the hand being cut off is that its blood-
money is complete. That is because when five fingers are cut, their
blood-money is the blood-money of the hand: fifty camels. Each finger has ten camels.”
Malik said, “The reckoning of the fingers is thirty-three dinars for each fingertip, and that is three and a third shares of camels.”
Muwatta Malik: Book 43, Hadith 21
The above hadith is from the Muwatta Malik collection of hadiths. Imam Malik ibn Anas spent 40 years composing the Muwatta Malik in the 8th century. This highly respected early work assembles fewer than 2,000 hadiths, which are thoughtfully divided into 61 books covering legal and ethical topics.
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