Young male camel (ibn labun)

ابن لبون

The Kuwaiti encyclopedia defines ibn labun as the male young of a she-camel that has completed its second year and entered its third; it is so named because its mother has borne another and so has milk. On zakat, the jurists except the Hanafis agree that it takes the place of a bint makhad (a she-camel in her second year) when that is lacking, because the basis for camel zakat is females; some schools allow an older male to stand in place of the required female. The Hanafis say it does not stand in its place, and the value is paid instead. On blood money, the four schools agree that it is not one of the categories of the heavy diya; the Hanafis and Hanbalis forbid taking it in the light diya; the Shafi'is and Malikis say it is given in the light diya and is one of its categories. ^{1 2}