What is the compensation for partial loss of the sense of taste?

Chapter on Diyat (Blood Money) for Wounds

Al-Mughni

Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)

Book 48 · Issue 3 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

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If all sensation of taste is lost, but the tongue remains intact, a *hukuma* (discretionary compensation) is due if the loss is an unquantified reduction. If the loss is quantified such that one of the five tastes—sweetness, bitterness, sourness, saltiness, or blandness (*udhubah*)—is lost while the others remain, then one-fifth of the *diyah* is due for that lost taste. If two tastes are lost, two-fifths are due, and so on for three tastes. If one taste is entirely lost, one-fifth of the *diyah* is due, and a *hukuma* is due for any remaining partial loss in the other senses.