Its clarification is as follows (1):

If the one who put up the stake fails to obtain the very purpose for which he offered the money, on what basis can he be required to pay any compensation? He undertook to part with that sum only under a specific condition, and he has not received any counter-value that would oblige us to charge him an equivalent in its place. Allah knows best.

Section: The categories (2) of munāḍalah

Munāḍalah is the term for a contest of shooting arrows; it is the verbal noun of nāḍaltu-hu, niḍāl and munāḍalah. The act of shooting is called munāḍalah or niḍāl because a fully finished arrow—complete with fletching, shaft, and head—is known as a naḍl (with ḍād); the bare shaft is called a qadḥ, while the metal tip alone is a naṣl (with ṣād).

Munāḍalah is of two kinds: a competition judged by accuracy and a competition judged by distance. The disagreement over the distance competition has already been noted (3).

Competitions based on accuracy fall into three types: