Misc values
Classic Islamic values expressed in terms of USD given its market value value at Wed May 22 19:10:00 2013 .
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 47.73 (1 oz = 22.35)
1 gr silver = USD 1.00 (1 oz = 22.35)
1 gold dinar = USD 202.12
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 202.12) or 1/2 dinar (USD 101.06). 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 4056.66).
The nisab for silver is 200 dirham (USD 427.45) according to the Malikis, Shafi‘is, and Hanbalis. According to some Hanafis it comes out to (USD 439.92).
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 202117.11) or 12000 dirham (USD 35574.00); an augmented diya would increase by 1/3 (USD 269489.48 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 202117.11 or 35574.00) for parts which are singular (e.g., nose, tongue, penis)
- 1/2 diya (USD 101058.55 or 17787.00) for each part that comes in pairs (e.g., arms, legs, eyes, ears, eyebrows, breasts, testicles)
- 1/4 diya (USD 50529.28 or 8893.50) for each parts that comes in sets of four (e.g., eye lids)
- 1 complete diya (USD 202117.11 or 35574.00) for the fingers
- 1/10 diya (USD 20211.71 or 3557.40) for a single finger
- 1/20 diya (USD 40423.42 or 7114.80) for a the last joint of the thumb
- 1/30 diya (USD 60641.20 or 10673.27) for a the last joint of a finger
- 1 complete diya (USD 202117.11 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 28873.87 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 10105.86 or 1778.70) for an injury to the face or head which exposes bone
- 1/3 diya (USD 67372.37 or 11858.00) for an injury to the head which reaches or perforates the membrane surrounding the brain
- 1/3 diya (USD 67372.37 or 11858.00) for puncture wounds to other body cavities
- 2/3 diya (USD 134744.74 or 23716.00) for puncture wounds to other body cavities if the wound exits the other side
- 1/3 diya (USD 67372.37 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 10105.86 or USD 1778.70.
Punishments
The nisab for stealing is 1/10 dinar (USD 20.21) according to the Hanafis, and 1/4 dinar (USD 50.53) according to the Shafi‘is and Hanbalis.
Jihad
According to the Shafi‘is, the jizaya for the poor is 1 dinar (USD 202.12), for average is 2 dinar (USD 404.23), and for the affluent is 4 dinar (USD 808.47).
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).