their blood monies are equal, despite the difference in their utility. Then, there is a need to prove that which he mentioned. If he crushes both his testicles or paralyzes them, their full blood money is due, just as if he had paralyzed his hands or his penis. If he cuts both his testicles and his lineage is lost, no more than one blood money is due; because that is their benefit, so the blood money does not increase with its loss along with them, like sight with the loss of both eyes, or the ability to grasp with the loss of both legs. If he cuts one of them and the lineage is lost, no more than half the blood money is due; because its loss is not definitively established.

1497 - Issue: He said: (And for the two legs is the blood money).

Scholars have reached a consensus that the blood money for both legs is the full blood money, and for one of them is half of it. This has been narrated from ‘Umar and ‘Ali (1), and it is the opinion of Qatada, Malik, the people of Medina, al-Thawri, the people of Iraq, al-Shafi‘i, Ishaq, Abu Thawr, and the People of Opinion (Ashab al-Ra'y). We have already mentioned the hadith and the reasoning previously. The details regarding them are the same as the details we mentioned (2) (3) concerning the hands, exactly. The ankle joint here is like the wrist joint in the hands.

Section: For the foot of a lame person and the hand of a person with a stiff joint (a‘sam) is the full blood money; because the lameness is due to a cause other than the foot, and the 'asam (stiffness) is a curvature in the wrist. This is not a defect in the foot or the palm, so it does not prevent the fullness of the blood money in them. Abu Bakr mentioned that for each one of them, one-third of the blood money is due, like a paralyzed hand. This is not correct; because the utility of these two has not ceased, so their blood money is not diminished, unlike the paralyzed hand.

1498 - Issue: He said: (And for every finger of the [two hands and two legs] (1) is ten)