Is it permissible to use a combination of sheep and Dirhams for the required compensation?
General Chapter
Al-Mughni
Book of Zakat
Primary text
The ruling on compensation allows the owner, in cases where compensation is due (e.g., receiving two sheep or twenty Dirhams), to offer a combination of one sheep and ten Dirhams, as the sheep is taken as equivalent to ten Dirhams. This position is held by the Qadi.
Supporting text
An alternative view prohibits offering a combination of one sheep and ten Dirhams because the Prophet (peace be upon him) provided the choice between two sheep or twenty Dirhams, making the combination a third option that contradicts the explicit Hadith.