Is retaliation by removing a finger permissible if a finger was removed?

Chapter on Retaliation (Qawad)

Al-Mughni

Book of Wounds

Book 47 · Issue 1 · Bab 2

Open in Qurani

Primary text

Retaliation by removing a finger is not permissible if a finger was removed because exact equivalent retaliation (Muthala) is not possible in that case.