Q. B bought an article from A. Having no money, B delivered a pledge to A as security for the price of the article, with the understanding that should B not repay his debt to A by a specified date, A should have the right to rehypothecate B's pledge through a Gentile, and B would be responsible for the principal and the interest of that loan. Is such a transaction considered asmakta and, therefore, invalid? A. A became B's agent to procure a loan for him; the transaction is, therefore, valid. SOURCES: Pr. 817.