What compensation is due if the loss of one letter prevents the formation of a complete word?
Chapter on Diyat (Blood Money) for Wounds
Al-Mughni
Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)
Primary text
If one letter is lost, resulting in the inability to form a word, only the proportional compensation (*Arsh*) for the single lost letter is due, because the liability is only for what is actually destroyed.