you may multiply the blood money for him, and forgive the perpetrator?" But he refused. So they brought the matter to Ali, may Allah be pleased with him. Ali called for a mirror, heated it, then placed cotton on his other eye. Then he took the mirror with two pincers and brought it close to his eye until the pupil of his eye flowed out. If he places camphor in it that removes its sight without injuring the eyeball, it is permissible. If it is impossible to do so without injuring the organ, the retaliation is dropped due to the impossibility of parity. The Qadi mentioned that one may retaliate against him by slapping, so the victim slaps him just as he was slapped; if his sight is lost, then it is so, otherwise he may remove it using the method we mentioned. This is the view of the Shafi'i school. However, this is not correct, for a slap cannot be retaliated against in isolation, so it cannot be retaliated against when it spreads to the eye, like a head wound (shajjah) if it is less than a mutawajjih (a wound exposing the bone). Furthermore, because a slap, when not directed at the eye, cannot be retaliated against with an equivalent one while ensuring the safety of the organ, then in the case of the eye, with the fear of that happening, it is even more so. Moreover, this is retaliation in a case other than life, so it is not permissible without the specific tool prepared for it, like the mutawajjih wound. The Qadi said: Retaliation is not mandatory unless the slap typically causes loss of sight. If it does not typically cause loss of sight but it happens, then it is quasi-intentional (shibh 'amd) with no retaliation in it. This is the view of the Shafi'i school; because it is an act that does not typically lead to loss [of function], so retaliation is not mandatory, like quasi-intentional [killing] in the case of life. Abu Bakr said: Retaliation is mandatory in every case, due to the generality of His saying: "And the eye for the eye." And because when a slap causes the pupil of the eye to flow out, it is in the position of a wound, and it is not considered regarding a wound that it typically leads to destruction.
Section: If he slaps his eye, and its sight is lost, it turns white, and it protrudes (shakhasat), if it is possible to treat the perpetrator's eye until its sight is lost, it turns white, and protrudes, without injuring the eyeball,
(6) In M: "in" (if). (7) In M: "fi" (in). (8) In M: "fa-ma'a" (so with). (9) Omitted from B and M. (10) Omitted from the original. (11) In M: "fa-law" (if).
أُضَعِّفَ لك الدِّيةَ، وتَعْفُوَ عنه؟ فأبَى، فرَفَعَهُما إلى عليٍّ، رَضِىَ اللهُ عنه، فدَعَا علىٌّ بمِرآةٍ فأحْماها، ثم وَضَعَ القُطْنَ على عيْنِه الأُخْرَى، ثم أخَذَ المرآةَ بكَلْبتَيْنِ، فأدْناها من عَيْنِه حتى سالَ إنسانُ عَيْنِه. وإن وَضَعَ فيها كافورًا يَذْهَبُ بضَوْئِها من غيرِ أن يَجْنِىَ على الحَدَقَةِ، جاز، وإن لم يُمْكِنْ إلَّا بالجِنايةِ على العُضْوِ، سَقَطَ القِصاصُ؛ لتَعَذُّرِ المُماثلةِ. وذكر القاضي أنَّه يَقْتَصُّ منه باللَّطْمةِ، فيَلْطِمُه المَجْنِىُّ عليه مثلَ لَطْمَتِه، فإن ذَهَبَ ضَوْءُ عَيْنِه، وإلَّا كان له أن يُذْهِبَه بما ذكَرْنا. وهذا مذهبُ الشافعىِّ. وهذا لا يَصِحُّ؛ فإنَّ اللَّطْمةَ لا يُقْتَصُّ منها مُنْفَرِدةً، فلا يُقْتَصُّ منها إذا سَرَتْ إلى العَيْنِ، كالشَّجَّةِ إذا (٦) كانت دُونَ المُوضِحَةِ، ولأنَّ اللَّطْمةَ إذا لم تكُنْ في العَيْنِ، لا يُقْتَصُّ منها بمثْلِها مع الأمْنِ من إفْسادِ العُضْوِ، ففى (٧) العينِ مع (٨) خَوْفِ ذلك أَوْلَى، ولأنَّه قِصاصٌ فيما دُونَ النَّفْسِ، فلم يَجُزْ بغيرِ الآلةِ المُعَدَّةِ له (٩)، كالمُوضِحَةِ. وقال القاضي: لا (١٠) يجبُ القِصاصُ، إلَّا أن تكونَ اللَّطمةُ تَذْهَبُ بذلك غالِبًا، فإن كانت لا تَذْهَبُ به غالبًا فذَهَبَ، فهو شِبْهُ عَمْدٍ لا قِصاصَ فيه. وهو قولُ الشافعىِّ؛ لأنَّه فِعْلٌ لا يُفْضِى إلى الفَوَاتِ غالبًا، فلم يَجِبْ به القِصاصُ، كشِبْهِ العَمْدِ في النَّفْسِ. وقال أبو بكرٍ: يجبُ القِصاصُ بكلِّ حالٍ؛ لعمومِ قوله: {وَالْعَيْنَ بِالْعَيْنِ}. ولأنَّ اللَّطْمةَ إذا أسَالَتْ إنْسانَ العَيْنِ، كانت بمَنْزِلةِ الجُرْحِ، ولا يُعْتَبَرُ في الجُرْحِ الإِفْضاءُ إلى التَّلَفِ غالبًا.
فصل: فإن (١١) لَطَمَ عَيْنَه، فذَهَبَ بَصَرُها، وابْيَضَّتْ، وشَخَصَتْ، فإن أمْكَنَ مُعَالجةُ عَيْنِ الجانِى حتى يَذْهَبَ بصَرُها وتَبْيَضَّ وتَشْخَصَ، من غيرِ جِنايةٍ على الحَدَقةِ،
(٦) في م: "إن".(٧) في م: "في"(٨) في م: "فمع".(٩) سقط من: ب، م.(١٠) سقط من: الأصل.(١١) في م: "فلو".