his grandfather, that 'Umar, may Allah be pleased with him, decreed regarding the ja'ifah, when it penetrates the interior, the blood money of two ja'ifahs. This is because he penetrated it from two places, so it was two ja'ifahs, just as if he had penetrated it with two strikes. What they mentioned is incorrect; for the consideration is given to the wound reaching the interior, not the manner of its arrival, since the form of the act has no effect when there is equality in meaning. Furthermore, what they mentioned regarding the manner is not stated in any report; rather, it is just that the habit, in most cases, is for a ja'ifah to occur in this manner, so it is not to be taken into account, just as it is generally the habit for it to occur with iron, yet if it were to occur with something else, it would still be a ja'ifah. Moreover, what they mentioned is invalidated by the case where one inserts his hand into a person's ja'ifah and pierces his abdomen from another location, for he is obligated to pay the blood money for a ja'ifah without any disagreement that we know of. Likewise, it is reasoned analogously that in the case of one who inflicts a mudihah (a wound exposing the bone) on a person's head, and then brings the tip of the knife out from another location, it is considered two mudihahs. If he smashes it with a hashima (a bone-crushing wound) that has two exit points, it is two hashimas. The same applies to what is similar to this.

Section: If he inserts his finger into the private part of a virgin and causes the loss of her virginity, it is not a ja'ifah, because that is not an interior cavity.

1510 - Issue: He said: (And whoever has intercourse with his wife while she is young, and rips her [fataqaha], he is obligated to pay one-third of the blood money).

The meaning of 'fataq' is the piercing of the area between the urinary tract and the passage of semen. It is also said: Rather, its meaning is the piercing of the area between the vagina and the anus, except that this is far-fetched; because it is unlikely that intercourse would remove the barrier between them, for it is a strong and thick barrier.