Hudb (eyelashes: injury and washing in ablution)

هُدْب

Hudb is the hair growing on the eyelids; the hair above the eyes is called hajib. ¹ ² For injuring a single eyelash so that it is pulled out and does not regrow, the Hanafis and Hanbalis hold a full diya is due, while the Malikis and Shafi'is hold neither retaliation nor diya applies, only an assessed compensation (hukuma). ² On washing the eyelashes in ablution: if the hair is dense and does not show the skin, washing its outer surface suffices according to the Malikis and Hanbalis, with combing it recommended for the Hanbalis; the Hanafis require passing water over the hair without washing beneath it, while the Shafi'is require washing both outer and inner surfaces. ² ³

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Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region: Arabia
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Summary

Hudb is the hair that grows on the eyelids; the hair above the eyes is called hajib. ¹ ²

Injury to an eyelash

If a single eyelash is pulled out and does not regrow, the Hanafis and Hanbalis require a full diya. The Malikis and Shafi'is hold there is neither retaliation nor diya, only an assessed compensation. ²

Washing the eyelashes in ablution

If the hair is dense and does not show the skin, the Malikis and Hanbalis hold that washing its outer surface suffices, and the Hanbalis recommend combing it. The Hanafis require passing water over the hair without washing beneath it; the Shafi'is require washing outer and inner surfaces. ² ³

People and things also explored

Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation· Hadi (the whitish fluid before childbirth: its ruling on ablution and purity)· Hair, wool and fur (their purity, the rules for the dead, washing, adornment and sale)· Hashima (a head wound that breaks the bone: its compensation)· Palm of the hand (kaff)· The funeral prayer· The ruling on one who abandons prayer· Ada' (performance of an obligation within its time)

Sources

al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.16449
al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.16450
al-Mawsu'a al-Fiqhiyya al-Kuwaitiyya, Noor-Book copy (file named v3) , p.16451

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Bone (adhm): purity, use and retaliation

In the lexicon, adhm is the bone that has flesh on it, plural 'idham and 'izam. Most jurists hold that a human bone is pure, whether living or dead, of a Muslim or not; that a fish bone stays pure after death; and that the bone of a lawfully slaughtered edible animal is pure and may be used. The bone of carrion, or of a non-edible animal, is impure according to the Malikis, Shafi'is, Hanbalis and Ishaq, and cannot be purified; the Hanafis hold it pure, and 'Umar disliked oiling in ivory. On cleansing after excretion with a bone, the Shafi'is and Hanbalis forbid it; the Hanafis dislike it as forbidden but accept that it suffices; the Malikis forbid a carrion bone and allow a pure bone with disapproval. Most jurists allow retaliation for a bone only at a joint, since equality cannot be achieved elsewhere.