The retaliation for wounds should not be implemented until the wounds of the victim
heal. If retaliation occurs before the wound heals, and then the wound becomes aggravated,
the victim will have no additional rights in this case. The proof for this ruling
is what Imam Ahmad narrated from `Amr bin Shu`ayb, from his father, from his grandfather
that a man once stabbed another man in his leg using a horn. The victim came to
the Prophet asking for retaliation, and the Prophet said,
«حَتَّى تَبْرَأ»
(Not until you heal.) The man again came to the Prophet and asked for equality in
retaliation and the Prophet allowed him that. Later on, that man said, "O Messenger
of Allah! I limp now.'' The Messenger said,
«قَدْ نَهَيْتُكَ فَعَصَيْتَنِي، فَأَبْعَدكَ
اللهُ وَبَطَلَ عَرَجُك»
(I had asked you to wait, but you disobeyed me. Therefore, Allah cast you away and
your limp has no compensation.) Afterwards, the Messenger of Allah forbade that
the wound be retaliated for until the wound of the victim heals. If the victim is
allowed to retaliate for his wound caused by the aggressor and the aggressor dies
as a result, there is no compensation in this case, according to the majority of
the Companions and their followers.
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