The head wound that cracks the bone (munaqqila) and its blood money

The munaqqila is a head wound that moves the bone: its layer of fine bone comes away. ^{1 2}

All jurists agree there is no retaliation for it, since it cannot be measured, and the danger is great. ²

A report in the letter sent to the people of Yemen fixes its blood money at fifteen camels; Ibn al-Mundhir recorded the consensus. The Shafi'is add conditions: the wound must be on a free Muslim's head with both exposure and breaking; a broken wound without exposure is fixed at ten camels, or assessed. ²

The Malikis hold that the due multiplies if the wounds are separated by a gap, and that connected ones count as one, while separate blows at different times each have their own ruling. The Hanbalis apply to the munaqqila the rules for the wound called the mudiha: a partition between two cuts changes the sum, and a partition removed by the wrongdoer or by his act or by another's, changes it again. ^{2 3 4}