How is the transaction handled if the value of the slave equals the full blood money (Diyah)?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Bequests

Book 31 · Issue 2 · Bab 1

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If the slave's value is equivalent to the full blood money (Diyah), the gift is confirmed for half the slave's worth, and the recipient must pay the heirs half the slave's value plus the value corresponding to the liability, equaling two shares. The share is thus half the slave. If the slave's value is two shares of Diyah, the gift is confirmed for one share, and the heirs receive half of the slave, leaving them with one and a half shares that equal two shares. This means one share is two-fifths (of the value), and three-fifths are returned due to the reduction in the gift's scope, plus one-fifth for the injury, resulting in the heirs receiving four-fifths, which matches the proportion for which the gift was deemed valid. If redemption is chosen, the redemption amount is two-fifths of the Diyah, leaving the heirs with three-fifths of the slave plus one-fifth of the Diyah, which aggregates to one full share, meaning the recipient redeems two-fifths.