What is the compensation for a crippled hand (*al-yad al-shallā'*) that has lost the utility of gripping or striking?
Chapter on Diyat (Blood Money) for Wounds
Al-Mughni
Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)
Primary text
The compensation for a crippled hand, defined as one that has lost the utility of grasping or striking, involves divergent scholarly opinions. One established view, narrated from Umar ibn al-Khattab, Mujahid, and Ishaq, states that the compensation is one-third of its *diyah*. This opinion is supported by the practice of the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him), as recorded in reports concerning the blind eye and the blackened tooth, and by the precedent of Umar ibn al-Khattab concerning the crippled hand.
Supporting text
A second view holds that the compensation is *hukūma*, supported by Zayd ibn Thabit regarding the blind eye receiving one hundred dinars. A third narration from Ahmad, held by al-Masruq, al-Zuhri, Malik, al-Shafi'i, Abu Thawr, al-Nu'man, and Ibn al-Mundhir, mandates *hukūma* because the full utility is not lost, yet there is no established fixed amount (*muqaddar*).