What is the established compensation for blinding a single eye of a 'Dabba' (mount/riding animal)?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Usurpation
Primary text
The established ruling for blinding a single eye of a 'Dabba' (such as a horse, mule, or donkey) is one-fourth (a quarter) of its value. This ruling is supported by a narration from Zayd ibn Thabit concerning the Prophet's ruling on the eye of a mount. Furthermore, a letter from 'Umar ibn Al-Khattab to Shurayh stated that they treated the eye of a mount similarly to that of a human, but their consensus settled upon one-fourth of the price. This consensus is prioritized over analogical reasoning (Qiyas).
Supporting text
A secondary narration from Ahmad suggests that the compensation for blinding one eye of a riding animal is one-fourth of its value. For other animals besides mounts (like camels, cows, or sheep), which are utilized for their meat, the compensation reverts to calculating the actual diminution in value. Another narration attributed to Ahmad concerning a slave states that the guarantee upon wrongful possession mirrors the guarantee upon injury, setting the compensation at half the slave's value for wrongful possession and one-twentieth of the value for a superficial wound (Muwadiha).