Learn halal investing
Plain-English guides to Shariah-compliant investing — how stocks are screened, what zakat is due on your shares, and how to keep your portfolio clean over time.
Halal Investing 101: A Beginner's Guide
What makes a stock halal, why Muslims screen their investments, and how to start building a Shariah-compliant portfolio.
6 min readScreeningHow AAOIFI Shariah Screening Works
The four AAOIFI financial ratios — debt, interest income, receivables and liquidity — and the thresholds a stock must stay below to be compliant.
7 min readZakatZakat on Stocks: How to Calculate It
How zakat applies to shares — the active-trader vs long-term methods, the 2.5% rate, and the gold and silver nisab thresholds.
6 min readZakatDividend Purification Explained
Why a small share of dividends from compliant stocks must be donated, how the purification ratio is calculated, and how to do it.
5 min readEducational content, not a fatwa. Shariah rulings vary by school of thought — consult a qualified scholar for your situation.