☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Diya

Blood money in Islamic law — compensation paid to the family of a person who is killed or injured. An alternative to qisas (retaliation), accepted at the victim's family's discretion.

Etymology: Arabic: 'blood money' · Category: Islamic Law
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