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4856. It was narrated from ‘Amr bin Shu’âib that his father told him that ‘Abdullâh bin ‘Amr said: “When the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ conquered Makkah, he said in his Khutbah: ‘For any wound that exposes the bone, the Diyah is five (camels) each.’” (Hasan)
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If the skin and the flesh are sundered, baring the whiteness of the bone, but the bone is not damaged; such a wound then is called Al-Mawâdhah in the Arabic language, because this is a slight wound and heals quickly. Its indemnity is also, therefore, only five camels. If the wound is less than this, the court of law might impose any indemnity, which is less than five camels.