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a «pRsferf,». F or each of the fingers or taes a tenth of the fine is due; becaufe
fine iS re- ^ 0pket has faid, “ camels muß be paid fo r a finger ;” and alfo
irjt or zfm gtr, becaufe, by the lofs o f all the fingers or toes, one o f the faculties
(namely, walking or holding) is completely deftroyed, for which a
complete fine is due.; and as the fingers (or toes) are ten each, the
fine is therefore divided into ten equal parts, one of which is due for]
each refpeftivefy. It is to be obferved that in this refpeft all the
fingers (and toes) are alike, the faying, above quoted being mire-
flriftedly e,xpreffed. Befides, all the fingers are alike in their original:
purpofe, in the fame manner as .the right-hand and the left..
I Chap. I.
If a perfon ftrike another on the loins, fo as to deftroy his power andacom-
I of fecreting femen, a complete fine is due, this amounting to a com*
I plete deftruftion of one o f the faculties. 11011 of *ar
I 1 o f the faculties,.
If a perfon. ftrike another on the back, fo as to-make him crooked, °r the
I [back-broken,] a complete fine is due,, as the beauty of the perfon is perfon. °f **
I thus completely deftroyed. If, however, the perfon afterwards re-
I cover his carriage, fo as to. retain no fign o f the injury, nothing what-
I ever is incurred.
(the fine for In every finger (or toe) confifting of three joints, a third of the
theingerw fine for the whole finger is, due for each join t; and in every finger of
toe being in t w 0 , joints an half of the fine for the finger; for in the fame manner
?hefr°n“ m-t0 as the fine for the two hands is divided among the fingers,, fo likewife
berJ is the fine for each finger divided among its joints.
and-aMM.fi- Tin? fine for each tooth is five camels,— that is, a twentieth of
tbe. complete fine, tbs prophet having; thus ordained. It is, to, be observed
» moreover, that the,teeth are in this.refpeft alike; becaufe
the ordinance here mentioned is abfolute and all the teeth ate, moreover,
alike in their original: purpofe, in, the fame manner as the fingers
,or toes._This is .where the deprivation has been ehefted by mifaii
venture-'— fop, where it is wilful,, retaliation is. due, in. all thofirin-
ftances,as-has been already mentioned in treating o f offences, againlt
the perfon,
An half fine I f .a, perfon ftrike the, member o f another» fo- as to deftroy the ufe
-IheTpriva1? of it, the member itfelf dill': remaining, an half fine is.due;-—(as in
tion of the the cafe, for inflance, of eaufing- a perfon’ s hand to wither, or blind*
bfr°‘ 3 mem" ing an e y e ;) becaufe the- fine is incurred by deftroying the ufe of the
member, as well as by a deprivation of .the member itfelf. If
S E C T I O N »
I O f S h a d j a , or Wounds and Cuts from the Crown o f the Head:
to the Chin.
(Malik maintains that the cheek bones are not included in the fa ce,
las they do not form a part o f what is properly termed the vifage. Our
I doftors, however, include them in the face, both as they are annexed
I to it, and alfo becaufe they, in faft, conftitute a part o f the whole
I countenance.)
I Of Shddja wounds there are ten: J War ifd', or a fcratch, fuch as Sh'aija
■ does not draw blood: II. Damib; or a fcratch, fuch as draws blood, 7 “e" f daerf
I but without eaufing it to flow: III. Dameed; or a fcratch, fuch as fcriPtl0ns‘
I caufes the blood to flow: IV . B dzid; or a cut through the fkin:
I V. Motahmila; or a cut into the flefh: VI. Simhdk;. or a wound
I reaching to the pericranium: VII. Mawzikd; or a wound which lays
I are the bone: VIII. Hiifihimd; a frafture o f the lkull: IX. Moonak-
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