Analysis and Evaluation of Jurisprudential Views on the Amount of the Blood Money of the Eyelids, with an Emphasis on Article 590 of Islamic Penal Code

There has been serious dispute among the Imamite jurisprudents regarding the amount of the blood money of the eyelids (diya al-ajfan). The famous jurisprudents, differentiating between the total and solitary destruction, hold that in the former case, the complete amount of blood money is fixed and in the later case, for the upper eyelid it is one-third of the blood money of the eye and for the lower eyelid it is half amount of the blood money of the same eye. This view is based on the claim of consensus and the report of “Zarif ibn Naseh” is another evidence to support this opinion. The Islamic Penal Code also follows the famous theory in this regard in the Article 590. In contrast to the famous promise, the writers have studied exactly the jurisprudential texts and have reached four different standpoints of other jurisprudents. There are several reasons for the development of such different views, including rejecting the claim of reaching a consensus on the matter, invalidating a number of cited traditions, and the existence of other reports on this assumption that have made most of the jurisprudents to hold other positions. The present article, taking into consideration the importance and the necessity of adaption and adaptation of positive law with religious law, uses a descriptive-analytical method and having a problem-based view, analyses the present views on the matter and cast doubts on evidences in other opinions. It finally adopts the view that the amount of blood money in both solitary and total destruction of eyelids is five-sixth of the [complete] blood money.