What is the ruling when a person sustains an 'idha'ah' (a head wound that exposes the brain) and the blade is then withdrawn from another location on the skull?

Chapter on Diyat (Blood Money) for Wounds

Al-Mughni

Book of Blood-Money (Diyyāt)

Book 48 · Issue 5 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

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If a person inflicts an 'idha'ah' upon someone's head and then withdraws the tip of the blade from another site, it is judged as two 'idha'ah' injuries.