What is the prescribed diya for molar teeth (Adras) and canine teeth (Anyab)?
Chapter on Diyat (Blood Money) for Wounds
Al-Mughni
Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)
Primary text
The diya for all teeth, including molars and canines, is established as five camels per tooth. This is the consensus among scholars, supported by reports traced back to Umar ibn Al-Khattab, Ibn Abbas, Muawiyah, Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab, Urwah, Ata, Tawus, Al-Zuhri, Qatadah, Malik, Al-Thawri, Al-Shafi'i, Ishaq, Abu Hanifa, and Muhammad ibn Al-Hasan. Evidence is found in the tradition from the Prophet (peace be upon him) via Amr ibn Hazm stating, 'For a tooth is five camels,' and another hadith stating, 'For the teeth, five for five.'
Supporting text
There is a reported opinion from Umar that the diya for molars is one camel each. Sa'id ibn al-Musayyab stated that if it were his decision, he would set the diya for molars at two camels each, which makes the total diya equal to that of other teeth. A narration from Ahmad suggests that the diya for all teeth and molars combined should equal the full human diya. This necessitates calculating the total number of teeth (twelve in total for the set), yielding sixty camels for incisors, canines, and premolars (five each), and forty camels for the twenty molars (two camels per molar) to complete the full diya of the human being.