A man whose eye is struck and part of his sight is lost

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib that a man injured the eye of another, and part of his sight was lost. The case was brought to Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him). He ordered that his sound eye be bandaged, and he ordered a man to walk away carrying an egg, while the injured man watched until his sight came to its end. Then he set a mark at that spot. Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: Then he looked into that and found it even. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Give him a share from the other man's wealth in proportion to what was lost from his sight.

It is reported that al-Hasan said concerning a man who gouged out another's eye while he could see with it: He shall be made to pay a penalty in proportion to the sight that was lost.

Ibn Jurayj said: Ata said: For the eye there are fifty camels. He said: If part of the sight is lost and part remains, the blood money (diyah) will be calculated according to what was lost. Then he said: The sound eye is to be bandaged and he looks with the other, then the other is bandaged and he looks with the sound one, and the blood money is calculated according to how much sight has been lost. I asked: What if the eye had grown weak from old age and then was injured? He replied: Its blood money will be paid in full.

Al-Sha'bi said: The statement of Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) was mentioned concerning the man whose eye was injured, when he showed him the egg. Al-Sha'bi said: If he wishes, he can overstate the eye with which he sees, saying that he sees with it more than he actually does; and if he wishes, he can understate the eye that was injured, saying that he does not see with it while he does see with it. But better than that is for a physician to look at what he can see, and then what has been lost from it can be determined (assessed).