Juridical and Legal Analysis of Compensating for Loss of Beauty Caused by Burn Related Injuries

Loss of beauty is a great example of injuries that are Psychiatric as well as physical and directly affect the quality of the victim’s life. Although the necessity of compensating for such injuries is mentioned in Iranian Judicial scripts, there is no unity in how criminal acts that cause loss of beauty (and their consequences such as loss of mental health, loss of social and career opportunities and loss of the chance for a proper marriage) are dealt with.

This is a descriptive analytical study that is done based on Library resources. The researchers have tried to examine the possibility of using Arsh to compensate for burn related injuries after studying Jurisprudential sources and finding cases in which Muslim Jurist have discussed the topic.

Since Arsh as a juridical instrument has no correlation with Diya in amount and quality and the compensation for a burn related injury has a great effect on the quality of the victim’s life, the victimizer has to pay for any necessary medical treatments, cosmetic surgeries to improve the victim’s appearance, therapy and compensate for the loss of career opportunities, loss of the chance for a proper marriage and any possible marital problems as well as paying Diya. The quality and the amount of the compensation are decided by medical experts.