1. The first is termed al-mubādarah (the race for priority):

It is when the two contestants stipulate, “Whoever is the first to make five hits out of twenty shots is the winner; whichever of us reaches that mark first, provided we have discharged the same number of arrows, has prevailed.”

Thus, if they have each loosed ten arrows and one of them has five hits while the other has fewer, the archer with five hits is the winner, for he has reached the requisite five first. It is irrelevant whether the second archer has four hits, fewer than four, or none at all, and there is no need to complete the remaining shots, because victory has already been secured by attaining the agreed-upon target first.

If each of them has scored five hits out of the ten (1) arrows, neither is ahead, and they do not finish the remaining (2) shots, for all the stipulated hits have been achieved and they are equal in that.

If one of them has shot ten arrows and scored five hits, while the other has shot nine and scored four, no ruling is issued for or against precedence until he releases the tenth arrow. If he hits with it, there is still no winner (3); but if he misses, the first archer is deemed the winner.

If, however, out of the nine arrows he has hit only three, the first archer is the winner (4), and there is no need for the tenth arrow to be shot, for at best it could bring his total to four hits, which would still leave him behind.