the determined amount is not mandatory for anything less than it. It is the one that reaches the bone; it is called 'mudiha' because it reveals the 'wadah' [whiteness] of the bone, which is its whiteness. The scholars have reached a consensus that its compensation (arsh) is determined. Ibn al-Mundhir stated this. In the letter of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) to 'Amr ibn Hazm: "And for the mudiha, five camels are due." [It was narrated from 'Amr ibn Shu'ayb, from his father, from his grandfather, from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) that he said: "For the mawadih [plural of mudiha], five by five are due."] This was narrated by Abu Dawud, Al-Nasa'i, and Al-Tirmidhi, who said: A hasan (good) hadith. Al-Khiraqi’s saying: "In the mudiha of a free person," is intended to exclude the mudiha of a slave. And his saying: "Whether the victim is a man or a woman," means that they do not differ in the compensation for the mudiha; because it is less than one-third of the blood money, and they are equal in that which is less than one-third, and they differ in that which is more. According to Al-Shafi'i, the mudiha of a woman is half that of a man, based on the principle that the wounds of a woman are half those of a man in both large and small amounts. We will mention this in its proper place, if Allah the Almighty wills. The generality of the hadith we have narrated here is an argument against him, and it is sufficient. The majority of scholars hold that the mudiha of the head and the face are equal. This was narrated from Abu Bakr and 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with them. This is also the opinion of Shurayh, Makhul, Al-Sha'bi, Al-Nakha'i, Al-Zuhri, Rabi'ah, 'Ubayd Allah ibn al-Hasan, Abu Hanifah, Al-Shafi'i, and Ishaq. It was narrated from Sa'id ibn al-Musayyib that he said: The mudiha of the face is doubled in comparison to the mudiha of the head, so ten camels are mandatory for the mudiha of the face, because its disfigurement (shayn) is greater. The Qadi mentioned this as a narration from Ahmad. The mudiha of the head is covered by hair and the turban.