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)

Book 48 · Issue 3 · Bab 2

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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.