Muwatta Imam Malik (Riwayat Yahya)

Rabee’ah bin Abi Abdur Rahman says: I asked Sa’eed bin Al-Musayyib, “What is the compensation for a woman’s finger?” He said, “Ten camels.” I said, “For two fingers?” He said, “Twenty camels.” I said, “For three fingers?” He said, “Thirty camels.” I said, “For four fingers?” He said, “Twenty camels.” I said, “How strange! When the wound increases and the loss is greater, the compensation becomes less.” Sa’eed said, “Are you an Iraqi?” I said, “No, rather I am firm upon what I know, and I ask about what I do not know.” Sa’eed said, “This is how it is in the Sunnah, O son of my brother.”

Imam Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said: According to us, this ruling is by consensus, that when all the fingers of a hand are cut off, full compensation (diyah) is due, calculated as ten camels for each finger, so fifty camels in total. And if the palm is also cut off, then it is to be given according to the judge’s opinion. In terms of dinars, for each finger it is one hundred dinars, and for each phalange it is thirty-three (33) dinars, and for each phalange it is three and one-third camels.