Is money received as compensation for a severe medical error that led to permanent damage and deprivation of childbearing considered permissible (halal), and are there specific channels in which this money must be spent?
The blood money (financial compensation) is obligatory upon the physician if their hand errs, harming a part of the body, its senses, or its functions. This blood money falls upon the physician's 'aqila (male agnatic relatives responsible for paying blood money) if it reaches one-third of the full blood money or more. Blood money is the wealth that must be paid to the injured party or their guardian due to harm, and it includes the destruction of limbs or their functions, as well as cuts and wounds. Islamic law has specified the amounts of blood money for different body parts: for some limbs, it is a full blood money; for others, half, a quarter, or a tenth; and for teeth, five camels for each tooth. Full blood money is also obligatory for the loss of faculties such as intellect, speech, hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch, and for the destruction of reproductive capability for both men and women. If there are multiple offenses against different limbs or faculties, the due blood moneys multiply. Blood money is wealth owned by the injured party, who can dispose of it freely.
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