extracting them as two types; for the sheep takes the place of ten dirhams, so if he chooses to extract it and ten [dirhams], it is permissible. It is also possible that it is forbidden, because the Prophet (peace be upon him) gave a choice between two sheep and twenty dirhams, and this is a third category; thus, permitting it would contradict the report. And Allah knows best what is correct (10).

Section: If he lacks the obligatory age group and the one that follows it, such as one upon whom a jadha'a is obligatory, but he lacks it and lacks the [hiqqa, or upon whom a hiqqa is obligatory, but he lacks it and lacks the] (11) jadha'a and the bint labun, the Qadi said: It is permissible to move to the third age group with compensation (jubran), so he extracts a bint labun in the first case, and extracts with it four sheep and forty dirhams, and he extracts a bint makhad in the second case, and extracts with it the like thereof. And he mentioned that Ahmad indicated this. This is the view of al-Shafi'i. Abu al-Khattab said: He does not move to an age group that follows the obligatory one. As for moving from a hiqqa to a bint makhad, or from a jadha'a to a bint labun, it is not permitted, because the text was revealed regarding moving to one [specific] age group, so it is obligatory to limit oneself to it (12), just as we limited ourselves in taking sheep for camels to the instance for which the text was revealed. This is the view of Ibn al-Mundhir. The basis for the first [opinion] is that it permitted moving to the age group that follows it with compensation, and also permitted moving away from that if one lacks [the ability to provide it] along with compensation when that is the obligation. Here, if it were present, it would suffice, so if it is absent, it is permissible to move to what follows it with compensation. And the text, when its meaning is comprehended (13), is extended and acted upon according to its meaning. According to the implication of this view, it is permissible to move from a jadha'a to a bint makhad with six sheep, or sixty dirhams, and he moves from a bint makhad to a jadha'a, and takes six sheep or sixty dirhams. And if he wishes to extract, for the four sheep, two sheep and twenty dirhams, it is permissible, because they are two compensations; thus, they are like two expiations (kaffarat). Likewise with regard to the compensation which he extracts for the obligation of