What is due if injury causes impediments to speech without loss of letters?

Chapter on Diyat (Blood Money) for Wounds

Al-Mughni

Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)

Book 48 · Issue 5 · Bab 2

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If no letters are lost, but the injury results in impediments such as stuttering (*ajala*), stammering (*tamatmama*), or a lisp (*afa'a*), the compensation due is a discretionary assessment (*hukuma*) for the defect and impairment caused, as the primary function of speech remains intact and the full *Diyah* is not required.