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If two people enter an archery match and one of them puts up the stake, after which a third party says, “I shall share with you in profit and loss: if he outscores you, half of the stake is on me, and if you outscore him, half is mine,” that arrangement is impermissible.

The same ruling applies if three contestants are shooting together with a muhallil (the additional shooter required by those who stipulate one), and a fourth person says to the competitors, “I will share the gain and the liability with you both.” Such an agreement is void, for gain and loss pertain only to the actual contestants; one who does not shoot has no claim to profit, nor is he answerable for any loss ⦗1⦘.

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When one of the two archers gains the upper hand and the outshot archer says, “Set aside the arrow by which you beat me and I will give you a dinar so that we come out even,” it is not permissible, because the purpose of the contest is to determine skill, and this defeats that purpose.

If, however, the two contestants do choose that course, they may annul the contract and then conclude a new one. But if they do not annul it, and they go on to complete the full rashq (volley of shots), so that the winning archer’s hit stands together with the arrow that was set aside, he is entitled to the stake and must return the dinar if he has already taken it ⦗2⦘.