Diyya
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Diyya is paid as a fine to the next of kin of somebody who was killed unintentionally (in Arabic: Diyat or Diyya ديت). 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; however its quantity, nature and other related affairs have been left open, by the Qur’an, to the customs and traditions of a society. The law of Diyya was in force in Arabia before the advent of Islam. The Qur’an directed to pay Diyat just according to this law both in case of intentional as well as unintentional murder.[1]
Countries like Saudi Arabia, are still using the same law of Diyya, which was in force in Arabia in Muhammad's time. According to this particular law, the fine for unintentional murder of a woman is half of that of a man.
