What is the ruling if a one-eyed man accidentally removes one eye of a sound-eyed man?
Chapter on Retaliation (Qawad)
Al-Mughni
Book of Wounds
Primary text
If a one-eyed man removes one eye of a sound-eyed man by mistake, only half the Diyah is incumbent upon him, without dispute, because the rationale requiring the doubling of the Diyah is absent in cases of error.