Bāẓiʿāh, a cut through the skin.
Mutalāḥimah, a cut into the flesh.
Simḥāq, a wound reaching to the pericranium.
Mūṣiḥah, a wound which lays bare the bone.
Hāshimah, a fracture of the skull.
Munaqqilah, a fracture which requires part of the skull to be removed.
Āmmah, a wound extending to the membrane which encloses the brain.
According to the injunctions of the Prophet, a twentieth of the complete fine for murder is due for mūṣiḥah; a tenth for hāshimah; three-twentieths for munaqqilah; and a third for āmmah. All other fines are left to the discretion of the judge.
WRITING. Arabic ʿIlmu ʾl-K͟hat̤t̤ (علم الخط). Sir William Muir, in the Introduction of his Life of Mahomet, writes on this subject as follows:—