Diyya
（重定向自Diyat）
Diyya (plural: Diyat; Arabic:دية) in Islamic Sharia law, is the financial compensation paid to the victim or heirs of a victim in the cases of murder, bodily harm or property damage. It is an alternative punishment to Qisas (equal retaliation). In Arabic, the word means both blood money and ransom, and it is spelled sometimes as Diya, Diyah or Diyeh.