Vol. VII, No. 6.] The Wagqf of Moveables. 355 
[N.8.] 
Isp. (p. 334), 
It is lawful to hire dirhams and dinars, if a legitimate use 
can be made of them consistently with the preservation of their 
substance (‘ayn). 
XXXVIII.  Inip. (p. 234, Cal. Edn.). 
Four conditions attach to the subject-matter— 
lst— that it must be ‘ayn ( defined specific property) ; 
sr must be a property which a Muslim may lawfully 
pos 
<< trent be such as benefit may be derived therefrom con- 
sistently with the continued subsistence of the original; an 
th—delivery of its possession must be possible. 
As an illustration of the first grees , waqf of whatis not ‘ayn 
is not valid, for example dayn ; also if he were to say, ‘I m 
waqf of a horse or a camel or a ia ouse ’ without specifying it. 
It is valid to make waaf of land, clothes, furniture and lawful in- 
struments, the principle being that waqt of anything from which 
awful use can be derived consistently with the preservation of its 
substance is valid. Similarly it is valid to make waqf of owned 
it is not lawful to make wagf of a pig as no Muslim can have 
it. Nor is it valid to make wagqf of resend slaves on account 
_ of the impossibility of delivery. Is it valid to make wagqf of 
dinars and dirhams? Some say ‘ No,” and this is the more 
apparent view, because their only use is to spend them. But 
others say, ‘It is valid,’ for we may imagine them to have some 
use ae TRE with their preservation. 
XXXIX. Tue Masavix-at-Arnim (Teheran Ed., p. 365). 
Is the waqf of dinars and dirhams valid? The more weighty 
way. 
' MALIKI LAW. 
XL. THe Mupawwanau (Vol. IJ, p. 103, Ed. Cairo). 
< put the following question to Malik, or it was put to him 
makes waqf of a hundred dinars with the object of 
feading them to people who would return the same to the 
dedicator, and so on. Is zakat to be paid on those dinars? 
He answered, ‘*Yes, my opinion is se that zakat should be paid.’’ 
I asked him, “ What if a man were to dedicate a hundred 
