Those who said: Some teeth are valued above others

Ibn Jurayj said: Ata said to me: "For the two front teeth above and below, the four teeth next to them above and below, and the canines, there are five camels each; and for the remaining teeth there are two camels each. In this the upper part of the mouth and the lower are equal: the four front teeth above and below, the four next to them and the canine teeth; and likewise the upper molars and the lower molars are all equal in blood money."

The same statement as that of Ata is also reported from Mujahid: "The upper teeth of the mouth and the lower teeth, and likewise the upper molars of the mouth and the lower molars, are all equal."

Ibn Tawus said: My father said: "Some shall be given preference over others according to the opinion of the people of judgment and consultation."

Ibn Jurayj said: Amr bin Muslim informed me that he heard Tawus saying: "The six teeth above and below shall be given preference over the molars."

And he said: "For the molars, young camels shall be given."

It is narrated from Sa'id bin al-Musayyib that Sayyiduna Umar bin al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) ruled five camels each for the front teeth of the mouth, and the value of each camel is ten dinars, so that comes to fifty dinars; and for the molars he ruled one camel each.

And Yahya said that the front teeth are the four foremost teeth above and below, the four next to them above and below, and then the canine teeth.

Sa'id said: Matters continued like this until the molars of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) were injured, whereupon he said: "I know more about the molars than Umar," and he ruled five camels for them.

Sa'id said: "If all the teeth were broken, under the ruling of Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) the blood money would come to less, and under the ruling of Sayyiduna Mu'awiyah (may Allah be pleased with him) the blood money would come to more; and had it been me, I would have set two camels each for the molars."