Misc values
Classic Islamic values expressed in terms of USD given its market value value at Sun Feb 5 20:09:00 2012 .
Conversion rates
1 mithqal = 4.235 grams
1 dinar = 1 mithqal = 4.235 grams
1 dirham (non-Hanafis) = 7/10 mithqal = 2.9645 grams
1 dirham (Hanafis) = 3.125 grams
1 gr gold = USD 60.55 (1 oz = 33.66)
1 gr silver = USD 1.00 (1 oz = 33.66)
1 gold dinar = USD 256.42
1 silver dirham (jumhur) = USD 2.96
1 silver dirham (hanafis) = USD 3.13
Purification
The kaffarah for having sex with a wife during menstruation is 1 dinar (USD 256.42) or 1/2 dinar (USD 128.21). The Shafi‘is consider this recommended; the Hanbalis consider it obligatory to pay either one of these amounts.
Zakat
The nisab for gold is 20 dinar (USD 5146.53).
The nisab for silver is 200 dirham (USD 643.81) according to the Malikis, Shafi‘is, and Hanbalis. According to some Hanafis it comes out to (USD 662.59).
Marriage
Hanafis require that the dowry be at least 10 dirham (USD 31.25).
The Shafi‘is recommend that the dowry not be less than 10 dirham (USD 29.65), and not more than 500 dirham (USD 1482.25).
The Shafi‘is recommend that the dowry not be less than 10 dirham (USD 29.65), and that it be somewhere between 400 and 500 dirham (USD 1482.25–1482.25).
The Shafi‘is recommend that when there is to be an amenity payment that it not be less than 30 dirham (USD 88.935 | fp)
Injurious crimes
According to Hanbalis, the base monetary value of a diya is 1000 dinar (USD 256418.28) or 12000 dirham (USD 35574.00); an augmented diya would increase by 1/3 (USD 341891.04 and USD 47432.00). Shafi‘is use this monetary value in the absences of camels.
According to Hanbalis, the base compensation owed is
- 1 complete diya (USD 256418.28 or 35574.00) for parts which are singular (e.g., nose, tongue, penis)
- 1/2 diya (USD 128209.14 or 17787.00) for each part that comes in pairs (e.g., arms, legs, eyes, ears, eyebrows, breasts, testicles)
- 1/4 diya (USD 64104.57 or 8893.50) for each parts that comes in sets of four (e.g., eye lids)
- 1 complete diya (USD 256418.28 or 35574.00) for the fingers
- 1/10 diya (USD 25641.83 or 3557.40) for a single finger
- 1/20 diya (USD 51283.66 or 7114.80) for a the last joint of the thumb
- 1/30 diya (USD 76933.18 or 10673.27) for a the last joint of a finger
- 1 complete diya (USD 256418.28 or 35574.00) for causing the loss of hearing, sight, smell, taste, speech; the loss of the ability to think, walk, perform intercourse, eat, grasp; the loss of voice.
- 1/7 diya (USD 36631.18 or 5082.00) for frightening someone so much that it causes them to defecate, urinate, break wind; a complete diya is owed if the above condition remains
- 1/20 diya (USD 12820.91 or 1778.70) for an injury to the face or head which exposes bone
- 1/3 diya (USD 85472.76 or 11858.00) for an injury to the head which reaches or perforates the membrane surrounding the brain
- 1/3 diya (USD 85472.76 or 11858.00) for puncture wounds to other body cavities
- 2/3 diya (USD 170945.52 or 23716.00) for puncture wounds to other body cavities if the wound exits the other side
- 1/3 diya (USD 85472.76 or 11858.00) when either intercourse with a wife who is abnormally small with respect to him, or rape results in tearing the area between the vagina and urethra or anus; a complete diya is owed if it results in the inability to hold urine or feces; a dowry is also owed in the case of rape
According to Hanbalis, the compensation for causing a Muslim woman to miscarry is USD 12820.91 or USD 1778.70.
Punishments
The nisab for stealing is 1/10 dinar (USD 25.64) according to the Hanafis, and 1/4 dinar (USD 64.10) according to the Shafi‘is and Hanbalis.
Jihad
According to the Shafi‘is, the jizaya for the poor is 1 dinar (USD 256.42), for average is 2 dinar (USD 512.84), and for the affluent is 4 dinar (USD 1025.67).
According to the Hanbalis, the jizaya for the poor is 12 dirham (USD 35.57), for average is 24 dirham (USD 71.15), and for the affluent is 48 dirham (USD 150.00).