How is compensation assessed if the impaired vision loss cannot be precisely quantified, such as based on medical principles related to distance?
Chapter on Diyat (Blood Money) for Wounds
Al-Mughni
Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)
Primary text
If medical expertise suggests that visual capacity decreases relative to distance—stating that doubling the distance requires double the visual power—and this can be applied in testing, it serves as a basis for judgment. However, since such precise quantification is generally difficult to maintain reliably, all unquantifiable injuries resulting in diminished sight are resolved through judicial assessment (hukuma).