(1) Whoever causes, on the head or face of any person, any hurt which does not amount to itlaf-i-udw or itlaf-i-salahiyyat-i-udw, is said to cause shajjah.
(2) The following are the kinds of shajjah namely:-
(a) Shajjah-i-Khafifah
(b) Shajjah-i-mudihah
(c) Shajjah-i-hashimah
(d) Shajjah-i-munaqqilah
(e) Shajjah-i-ammah and
(f) Shajjah-i-damighah
(3) Whoever causes shajjah:-
(i) without exposing bone of the victim, is said to cause shajjah-i-khafifah;
(ii) by exposing any bone of the victim without causing fracture, is said to cause shajjah-i-mudihah;
(iii) by fracturing the bone of the victim, without dislocating it, is said to cause shajjah-i-hashimah;
(iv) by causing fracture of the bone of the victim and thereby the bone is dislocated, is said to cause shajjah-i-munaqqilah;
(v) by causing fracture of the skull of the victim so that the wound touches the membrane of the brain, is said to cause shajjah-i-ammah;
(vi) by causing fracture of the skull of the victim and the wound ruptures the membrane of the brain is said to cause shajjah-i-damighah.
Shajjah are head or face wounds that do not amount to itlaf. There are six types: khafifah (no bone exposed), mudihah (bone exposed, no fracture), hashimah (fractured, not dislocated), munaqqilah (fractured and dislocated), ammah (skull fracture touching brain membrane), damighah (skull fracture rupturing brain membrane).