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Is it obligatory to pay the blood money legally set at 30 million Sudanese pounds for unintentional killing, knowing that this amount is not equal to one hundred camels?

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The amount of blood money (Diyya) in Islamic law is one hundred camels. Umar ibn al-Khattab valued this at one thousand gold dinars, or twelve thousand silver dirhams. The estimation of blood money in various currencies depends on the discretion of the Islamic judiciary.

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