Diya (Islam)

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Diyah (Arabic: دية; pl.: diyāt, Arabic: ديات) in Islamic law, is the financial compensation paid to the victim or heirs of a victim in the cases of killing, bodily harm or property damage not done deliberately. It is an alternative punishment to qisas (equal retaliation). In Arabic, the word means both blood money and ransom, and it is transcribed sometimes as diya or diyeh. Diya compensation rates have historically varied based on the gender and religion of the victim and whether they are free or slave. (If a killing is intentional, qisas (execution) and not diyah applies unless the family of the victim pardons the killer.) In the modern era, diya plays a role in the legal system of Iran, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. In Iran, the diya for recognized religious minorities (Zoroastrians, Jews, and Christians, with the exception of evangelical Protestants) is half that of a Muslim man. In Iran the diya for Muslim women in insurance claims, such as the loss of life...

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