Is an offer valid if payment is demanded from the shooter based on missing all targets?

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Al-Mughni

Book of Racing and Archery

Book 58 · Issue 6 · Bab 1

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If the offeror says, 'Shoot ten arrows, and if you miss all of them, you owe one dirham,' the contract is invalid. This is because the wage must be offered in return for an action performed by the recipient, and in this case, no action performed by the recipient merits receiving something.