finance

Are ISAs Shariah compliant?

Question: Are ISAs Shariah compliant? In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. As-salāmu ‘alaykum wa-rahmatullāhi wa-barakātuh. The Answer: Individual Savings Account (ISA) were introduced in 1999…

Are the Fees In lieu of Completing a Cremation Form Lawful?

Question: A question from a doctor: Its about Cremation forms that as Doctors we have to fill out before a body is cremated. If a family choose to cremate their…

Fiqh

Research Paper: Retail Forex Trading: Views from the front lines of Islamic Finance

Foreign exchange trading has been one of the fastest-growing activities among private investors in the past 15 years. According to research by Citi in 2014, 4 million people are now…

Research Paper: Shariah Review of Hedge Funds

Hedging involves reducing overall risk by taking on an asset position that offsets an existing source of risk. Its strategies encompass a broad range of risk tolerance and investments, such…

Research Paper: Shariah Analysis of Options Trading

This research has attempted to present an overview of options and how it operates in the conventional markets as well as a Shariah analysis. Options are derivatives used for multiple…

Research Paper: Credit Default Swaps: Navigating the cross-section with risk sharing

The market for credit default swaps (CDS) has experienced explosive growth in the past. By the end of 2007, the outstanding amount was $62.2 trillion, falling to $38.6 trillion by…

Research & Essays

Research Paper: Shariah Analysis of Contingent Convertible Bonds (CoCo)

Coco bonds are different to regular convertible bonds in that the likelihood of the bonds converting to equity is “contingent” on a specified event. They carry a distinct accounting advantage…

Are ISAs Shariah compliant?

Are the Fees In lieu of Completing a Cremation Form Lawful?

Research Paper: Retail Forex Trading: Views from the front lines of Islamic Finance

Research Paper: Shariah Review of Hedge Funds

Research Paper: Shariah Analysis of Options Trading

Research Paper: Credit Default Swaps: Navigating the cross-section with risk sharing

Research Paper: Shariah Analysis of Contingent Convertible Bonds (CoCo)

Is it permissible to skin an animal immediately after slaughtering?

Is my Orange phone contract Shari’ah Compliant?

Is it wajib to do Sajdah Tilawah when reading an English translation of the Qur’an?

Permissibility of eating in the masjid during I’tikaaf

Performing Taraweeh at home individually

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