and is therefore fit to be mounted by a male camel. This is why the hadith of Abu Bakr (may Allah be pleased with him) states: “A hiqqah fit to be covered by a male camel” (1)—that is, she is able to be mounted by a male camel and conceive.

The waqs between thirty-six and forty-six is nine.

His statement, “For sixty-one camels, one jadha'ah is due”: A jadha'ah is a female camel that has completed four years. The waqs between forty-six and sixty-one is fourteen, for which nothing is due. Thus, the first is greater than the second, and the third is greater than both of them.

His statement, “For seventy-six camels, two bint labuns are due”: The highest age required for zakah is the jadha'ah. None of these ages is valid for the sacrificial animal, for only a thaniyy—an animal that has completed five years—suffices for sacrifice. A jadha'ah and anything younger than it do not suffice for sacrifice, though they do suffice for zakah.

The waqs is fourteen.