Wounds of men and women

Ibrahim said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The wounds of men and women are equal in the case of a tooth and a head wound."

Shurayh said: Sayyiduna Urwah al-Bariqi (may Allah be pleased with him) came to me from Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) and said that Sayyiduna Umar said: "The wounds of men and women are equal in the case of a tooth and a head wound, and for any wound greater than that, the blood money of a woman is half the blood money of a man."

Al-Sha'bi said that Hisham bin Hubayrah wrote to Shurayh asking him, and Shurayh wrote back to him: "The blood money of a woman is half the blood money of a man, except in the case of a tooth and a head wound."

Al-Sha'bi said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "The blood money of a woman (in a case of accidental killing) is half the blood money of a man, in everything small and great." And Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "In a case of accidental killing, the blood money of a woman is half the blood money of a man, except in the case of a tooth and a deep wound, for the blood money of the two is equal in that." And Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "In a case of accidental killing, the blood money of a woman is like the blood money of a man until it reaches one third of the blood money, and for any wound exceeding that, half the blood money applies."

And Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "In a case of accidental killing, the blood money of a woman is half the blood money of a man, except in the case of a tooth and a head wound, for the two are equal in that."

And Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) used to say: "In a case of accidental killing, the blood money of a woman is like the blood money of a man until it reaches one third of the blood money, and whatever exceeds that is at half."

Abu Qilabah said that Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "They are equal up to one third."

Al-Hasan al-Basri said: "The wounds of men and women are equal up to half the blood money, and when they reach half, then they are at half."

Yahya bin Sa'id said that Sa'id bin al-Musayyib said: "A woman's blood money is on par with a man's up to one third: her finger is like a man's finger, her tooth like a man's tooth, her deep wound like his deep wound, and her head wound like a man's head wound."

Al-Sha'bi said that Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "The wounds of women and men are equal in every limb."

Abdullah bin Dhakwan Abu al-Zinad said that Umar bin Abd al-Aziz said: "A woman's deep wound, her head wound from which fragments of bone come out, and her tooth are like a man's in the blood money."

Sufyan reported from a man that Urwah bin al-Zubayr said: "A woman's head wound, her deep wound and the breaking of her tooth are like a man's in the blood money."

Rabi'ah bin Abi Abd al-Rahman said: I asked Sa'id bin al-Musayyib: "What is due for the breaking of a woman's little finger?" He said: "Ten camels." I asked: "And for these two, that is, the little finger and the finger joined to it?" He said: "Twenty camels." I asked: "What is due for these three fingers?" He said: "Thirty camels." I pointed to the four fingers and asked: "What is due for these?" He said: "Twenty camels." The narrator said: I said: "When her pain increased and her suffering grew greater, why did her blood money become less?" He said: "Are you from Iraq?" I said: "Rather, either a scholar who seeks certainty or an ignorant man seeking to learn." He replied: "O son of my brother, this is the Sunnah."

Al-Hakam bin Utaybah said that Shurayh wrote to Hisham bin Hubayrah: "A woman's blood money is half of a man's blood money, except in the tooth and the head wound."

Sa'id bin al-Musayyib and Umar bin Abd al-Aziz, both of them, said: "A man's blood money is on par with a woman's up to one third of her blood money, and then they differ."

Makhul reported from Umar bin Abd al-Aziz that both of them said: "A man's blood money is on par with a woman's up to one third of her blood money, and then they differ."