358 Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal, [ June, 1911. 
loan, and when they canafford to do so replace it by paying the 
value. It is all the same if dedicated to specified persons or 
persons not specified. The author’s statement is based on the 
accepted opinion that gold and silver coins may be made waqf 
of for the purpose of lending. 
XLVI. Dasvat (ibid.). 
The gist of the whole matter is this, that as for coins dedicated 
for the purpose of lending, if no one takes them outas a loan, the 
Mutawalli or the Waqif should pay Zakat on them every year, 
if one whole year passes since they come into his possession. 
SHAFI‘I LAW. 
XLVII. Tue GuAayat at-BayAn (Cairo Edition, p. 228). 
To constitute a valid waqf the property appropriated 
should be a definite specific substance (‘ayn) capable of being 
made use of while the original remains ; it should not be made 
dependent on a condition; and the person or object for whichit 
is made should be in existence at the time. 
XLVIII. THe SHara GuHayat-AaL-BayAn (p. 228). 
Chapter on Wagf. 
w it means the detention for a lawful object of pro- 
HANAFI LAW. 
XLIX. THe Qupiri (pp. 133 and 134). 
--+-And the wagqf of landed property is valid, and the waqt 
of what is capable of being moved and what changes in form is 
