the paralyzed (18) hand is one with which beauty is obtained, whereas a supernumerary finger has no beauty in it, in the majority of cases. Furthermore, the beauty of a paralyzed hand hardly varies, while the supernumerary finger varies according to its position, its characteristics, and its appearance (its beauty or ugliness). How, then, can its analogy to the hand be valid?

1499 - Issue: He said: "And for the abdomen, if it is struck such that one cannot retain feces, there is the blood money; and for the bladder, if one cannot retain urine, there is the blood money."

This is the opinion of Ibn Jurayj, Abu Thawr, and Abu Hanifah. I know of no dissenter regarding this, except that (1) Ibn Abi Musa mentioned in the bladder another narration in which there is one-third of the blood money. The correct view is the former, because (2) each of these two locations is an organ that possesses a significant benefit (3) unmatched elsewhere in the body; thus, a full blood money is obligatory for the loss of its benefit, just like the rest of the mentioned organs. The benefit of the bladder is the retention of urine, and the retention of feces by the abdomen is a benefit equal to it. The benefit in both is great, and the harm in their loss is immense; thus, for each one of them (4) there is the blood money, just as with hearing and sight. If both benefits are lost through a single act of injury, two blood monies are due upon the perpetrator, just as if he had destroyed (5) his hearing and his sight through a single act of injury.

1500 - Issue: He said: "And for the loss of intellect, there is the blood money."

We do not know of any disagreement regarding this. This has been narrated (1) from ‘Umar and Zayd, may Allah be pleased with them both (2), and this is the position of those scholars whose opinions have reached us. In the document of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to ‘Amr ibn Hazm: "And for...