What is the ruling when an adult's tongue is severed and the victim claims to have been mute?

Chapter on Diyat (Blood Money) for Wounds

Al-Mughni

Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)

Book 48 · Issue 6 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

If the tongue of an adult is severed and the claimant asserts that the person was mute, the ruling concerning the indemnity is the same as when there is a dispute over the paralysis of a severed limb, as previously stipulated.