 Another issue is the intentional murder or bodily harm of poor people by wealthy individuals, where the only punishment the perpetrators suffer is paying monetary compensation that constitutes a small fraction of their income or wealth.Daaif notes that a concept similar to "diyah" was present in pre-Islamic Arabia, where it was paid in terms of goods or animals rather than cash.At least one western scholar of Islam (Joseph Schacht) translates "diya" as weregeld (Weregeld is also known as "man price", and was a value placed on every being and piece of property to be paid -- in the case of loss -- as restitution to the victim's family or to the owner of the property.