Kuwait Court of Cassation principle number 3948

The State’s guarantee of bodily harm. Confined to Sharia diya within the limits and framework of its provisions. The injury not reaching the level for which diya or arsh is payable. Its effect. The State is not obliged to compensate for it. - Hashimah. Its meaning. - Shijaj. Injuries occurring to the head or face. Wounds occurring elsewhere in the body, even if constituting a bone fracture. Wounds for which there is no prescribed arsh and compensation for which is determined by the judge as an equitable assessment. An example concerning fractures of the leg bones.