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سبّلهُ , inf. n. تَسْبِيلٌ, means جَعَلَهُ فِى سَبِيلِ ٱللّٰهِ
[He assigned it, or the profit, or revenue, or
usufruct, thereof, to be employed in the way,
meaning cause, of God, or of religion; or in the
doing of anything, or all, that God has commanded, or of the works whereby one pursues
the way that leads to advancement in the favour
of God; he dedicated it to pious, or charitable,
uses or purposes]; (K, TA;) as though [meaning] he made it a trodden way [whereby to
advance] to [the favour of] God. (TA.) You
say, سبّل ضَيْعَتَهُ, using the verb in this sense
[i. e. He assigned the profit, or revenue, or usufruct, of his estate to be employed in the cause of
God, or of religion]; (S;) to be given to the
wayfarer, and the poor, and the warrior against
unbelievers, and others. (TA voce سَبِيلٌ.) And
سبّل التَّمَرَةَ He assigned the profit to be employed
in the ways of good works (Mgh, Msb) and the
various kinds of pious deeds: (Msb:) or he made
the profit to be allowable, or free, to those for
whose benefit the property itself was made unalienable in perpetuity. (TA. [See an ex. in the
first paragraph of art. حبس, relating to some
palm-trees which 'Omar desired to give in
charity.]) ＝
1-A2- سبّل, [either سَبَّلَ or, سُبِّلَ both app.
allowable, (see the part. ns., below,)] He (a
man) was, or became, long in the سَبَلَة [q. v.];
as though he had a long سَبَلَة given to him.
(TA.) ―
2-b2- See also 4.