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chapter which explains the waqf of beasts of burden, ete. 
By this heading he indicates the validity of the waqf of move- 
ables. The word kura‘ means war-horses. The word ‘urid is 
the plural of ‘ard, and it means commodities other than coin. 
The word samit is the opposite of natig. It is used here in 
the ope of money or coin 
Text: Al-Zuhri was asked: A man dedicates a thousand dinars 
in ‘ee way of God and makes them over to his slave, a trades- 
man, for investment in some trade, the profits to go to the 
oor and his relations by way of charity. Can that man law- 
fully eat of the profits of the said thousand even if the profits 
had not been given in ae? to the poor? He answered: He 
cannot eat anything out of it 
XXXV. Tue Faru-at-Bari (Vol. I], p. 40, Ed. Cairo). 
[The Fath-al-Bart reproduces with further details the remarks 
of the ‘Umdat-al-Qari and replies to the objection of al- Isma‘ili 
that no use can be made of coins without their substance being 
transformed into something else in the following terms:] To 
restrict the use of coins to the only way which he indicates 
can not be admitted, for it is possible to derive benefit from 
coins by making an advantageous use of them, ¢.g., by making 
waqf of such coins as women are allowed to wear, in which case 
the waaf is valid as the original is detained while the women 
can derive benefit from them by wearing them when wan 
XXXVI. Inrp. ( a XI, p. 31, Ed. Delhi ; p. 408 of the 
mdat-al-Qart). 
the purpose of sehtetake 
SHI’AH AUTHORITIES. 
XXXVII. Tue Suara’1 at-Istam (p. 318, Hd. Cal.). 
On Commodate. 
1. The subject will be treated in four sections— 
Ist—The lender....; 2nd—The borrower.. rd—The 
thing (‘ayn) lent, which i is anything that is lawful to pic use 
of consistently with the preservation of its substance (‘ay”). 
