Is it permissible to pay the blood money for accidental or semi-premeditated killing in cash, based on the price of silver, if the price of gold has risen significantly? Is it permissible to estimate the blood money based on the price of camels in the cheapest nearby countries? Does the killer have the freedom to choose between the mentioned categories for blood money? What is the category that must be paid if both the killer and the victim are urban dwellers in lands where camels do not exist?

Scholars have stated that the blood money (diyyah) for a free Muslim male, incumbent upon the people who own sheep, is two thousand sheep. In the Hanafi school, the obligatory amount is two thousand sheep. In "Al-Muharrar fi al-Fiqh 'ala Madhhab Ahmad," it is mentioned that the blood money for a free Muslim is one of five things, including two thousand sheep. Ibn Qudamah stated in "Al-Mughni": "Whatever the one upon whom the blood money is due brings from these fundamental types, the guardian is obliged to accept it." The age of the sheep is specified in "Al-Kafi fi Fiqh al-Imam Ahmad": "Two thousand sheep, estimated according to what is obligatory in Zakat: half of them 'thaniyah' (two-year-old), and half of them 'jadha'ah' (one-year-old) if they are from sheep." Therefore, you can pay the sheep to the guardian of the slain without the need to appraise gold, silver, or camels.