Question 1891) - What is Diyah linguistically and in Shari'ah?

A: It is a root-word on the scale of idah whereby the Faul Kalimah has been dropped. The grammatical sequence is read. "Wada yadi wadyan wa diyatan fahuwa wadin." In Shari'ah it is money which becomes wajib upon the killer when he committed Khata, or shibhu 'Amad, or cut an organ. The compensation for cutting organs is also called Arsh.

~ al-Quduri ~