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Sunan an-Nasai 4840 — Diyah for Injured Body Parts
If A Sightless Eye That looks fine Is Destroyed
Diyah for Injured Body Parts: A Clear Hadith on Fair Compensation
Sunan an-Nasai : 4840
Sunan an-NasaiHadith Number 4840
أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ عَائِذٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْهَيْثَمُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي الْعَلاَءُ، - وَهُوَ ابْنُ الْحَارِثِ - عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ شُعَيْبٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَضَى فِي الْعَيْنِ الْعَوْرَاءِ السَّادَّةِ لِمَكَانِهَا إِذَا طُمِسَتْ بِثُلُثِ دِيَتِهَا وَفِي الْيَدِ الشَّلاَّءِ إِذَا قُطِعَتْ بِثُلُثِ دِيَتِهَا وَفِي السِّنِّ السَّوْدَاءِ إِذَا نُزِعَتْ بِثُلُثِ دِيَتِهَا .
'Amr bin Shu'aib Narrated from:
The Messenger of Allah ruled that one-third of the Diyah should be paid for a sightless eye that looks fine, if it is destroyed; one-third of the Diyah should be paid for a paralyzed hand if it is cut off; and one-third of the Diyah should be paid for a black tooth if it is knocked out.
Reference : Sunan an-Nasa'i 4840In-book reference : Book 45, Hadith 135English translation : Vol. 5, Book 45, Hadith 4844
Summary of Sunan an-Nasai Hadith 4840
This Hadith about diyah explains a specific ruling for three injured body parts: a sightless eye that still looks normal, a paralyzed hand, and a black tooth. The report says that if the eye is destroyed, the hand is cut off, or the tooth is knocked out, one-third of the diyah is due in each case. The wording is direct and focused on measured compensation. It does not discuss every injury, and it does not add extra details beyond these examples. For readers searching for diyah in Islam, blood money, or compensation for injuries, this narration shows how the Prophet’s ruling gave a fixed value for these particular harms.
What we learn from this hadith
- The Hadith gives specific compensation amounts for specific injuries.
- It treats visible damage to already impaired parts with a measured diyah ruling.
- The text shows that injury cases were judged with defined values, not vague guesswork.
