Qisas (Arabic: قصاص) is a Islamic term meaning
money paid as a fine to the next of kin of somebody who was
intentionally killed. It literally means "equal" or "balanced".
Diyat or Diyya (Arabic: ديت) is a similar payment for someone
who was unintentionally killed.
Islam has not prescribed any specific amount for Diyat nor has
it obligated to discriminate in this matter between a man or a
woman, a slave or a free man and a Muslim or a non-Muslim. Its
quantity, nature and other related affairs have been left by the
Qur’an upon the customs and traditions of a society
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