The benefits (manāfiʿ) of property—such as occupying a house or enjoying another's services—are different from the physical property itself. The question is whether time-bound benefits can be restored by an equivalent after they are consumed.
In the classical Hanafi position described here, some claims for uncompensated use-benefits are denied; al-Shāfiʿī recognizes a broader obligation to compensate such benefits through a monetary rental equivalent. The disagreement concerns whether benefits are legally compensable property and how replacement is established.
Conclusion: Compensation for benefits turns on whether the benefit is treated as compensable property and what legally equivalent remedy is available when it has been consumed.