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Qiṣāṣ & Diya (Retaliation and Blood-Money)

The law of homicide and bodily injury—lex talionis (qiṣāṣ) subject to the victim's heirs, commutable to compensation (diya).

The law of homicide and bodily injury—lex talionis (qiṣāṣ) subject to the victim's heirs, commutable to compensation (diya).

Key passages(20)

Rawdat Talibin · al-Nawawi

Very high

Silsilat Mutun Fiqhiyya · Ibn Babawayh (al-Saduq)

Very high

Majmuc · al-Nawawi

Very high

Hidaya Fi Sharh Bidaya · al-Marghinani

High

Irshad · al-Mufid

High

Khilaf · Shaykh al-Tusi

High

Mughni · Ibn Qudama

High

Muqnic · Ibn Babawayh (al-Saduq)

High

Tahdhib Ahkam · Shaykh al-Tusi

High

Tajrid · al-Quduri

High

Umm · al-Shafi'i

High

Ahkam Sultaniyya · al-Mawardi

High

Furuq · al-Qarafi

High

Mabsut · al-Sarakhsi

High

Asl · Muhammad al-Shaybani

High

Muhadhdhab Fi Fiqh · Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi

High

Muhalla Bi Athar · Ibn Hazm

High

Nihaya · Shaykh al-Tusi

High

Qacida Fi Mahabba · Ibn Taymiyya

High

Wasit · al-Ghazali

High