Al-Kafi 14313

Translation

And regarding the fingers, for every finger is a sixth of the wergild of the hand, being eighty three Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and wergild for the fingers bones of the palm beside the thumb, is a wergild of all bones being twenty Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and wergild of every exposure regarding each of the bone from the four bones is four Dinars and one-sixth of a Dinar; and wergild of displacement of every bone from these is eight Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and wergild of breaking of every joint from the four fingers which emerge from the palm is sixteen Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding a crack in each bone from these is thirteen Dinars and one-third of a Dinar. So if there was a sore in the palm which does not get cured, so its wergild is thirty-three Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding the displacement of its bone is eighty Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding the exposure is four Dinars and one-sixth of a Dinar; and regarding a piercing is four Dinars and one-sixth of a Dinar; and regarding a disjointing is five Dinars; and wergild of the middle joint from the four fingers, when it is cut, so its wergild is fifty-five Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding the breaking of one (finger) is ten Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding its cracking is eight Dinars and half a Dinar; and regarding exposure are two Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding the displacement of its bone is five Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding a piercing are two Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding is disjointing is three Dinars and two-thirds of a Dinar; and regarding the upper joint from the four fingers, when it is cut, is twenty-seven Dinars and a half, and one-quarter, and half of a tenth of a Dinar; and regarding breaking it is five Dinars and four-fifth of a Dinar; and regarding its cracking is four Dinars and a fifth of a Dinar; and regarding its exposure are two Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding displacement of its bone is five Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding its piercing are two Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding its disjointing is three Dinars and one-third of a Dinar; and regarding a nail of each finger from these, is five Dinars; And regarding the palm when it breaks, so it is bandaged upon and there is no fault, so its wergild is forty Dinars; and wergild of its cracking it four-fifths of the wergild of its breaking, being thirty-two Dinars; wergild of its exposure is twenty-five Dinars; and wergild of displacement of its bone is twenty Dinars and half a Dinar; and wergild of its piercing is a quarter of the wergild of its breaking, being ten Dinars; and wergild of its sore which does not get cured, is ten Dinars and one-third of a Dinar’.

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