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his shooting skill comparable to theirs.4 1 If both competitors cross the finish line together, they each recover their own stakes2 and take nothing from the muhallil. Should one of them win—or should the muhallil win—he claims both stakes.
A racing contest is deemed a juʿālah (reward-based contract): no pledge or guarantor may be required for its prize, and either party may annul the agreement as long as the other’s superiority has not yet become evident.
(1) In manuscripts M and N, the reading is "ramiyyihima" with a doubled yā.
(2) Manuscript A has "bi-saqyihima", with the prepositional particle bāʼ added.
رمييهما١ فإن سبقا معا أحرزا سبقيهما٢ ولم يأخذا من المحلل شيئا وإن سبق أحدهما أو سبق المحلل أحرز السبقين.
والمسابقة جعالة لا يؤخذ بعوضها رهن ولا كفيل ولكل فسخها ما لم يظهر الفضل لصاحبه.
١ في "م" و "ن" "رمييهما" بيائين.
٢ في "أ" "بسقيهما" بزيادة الباء.