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Al-Ibahah al-Asliyah

A general shari'ah maxim that all commercial and financial activities are originally permissible by the primary sources of shari'ah, unless...

Najsh

An Arabic term (نجش) which literally means concealment or a practice in which hunters used to rouse and chase the...

Credit Sale

A sale (ba'i) in which the commodity/ item is delivered to the buyer against deferred payment, whether in installments or...

Ba’i al-Ajel

An Arabic term (البيع الآجل) denotes refers to sale on credit or credit sale. By definition, it is an Islamic...

Hawalah Mutlaqah

Arabic (حوالة مطلقة) for unrestricted debt transfer/ assignment (unrestricted hawalah); in hawalat al-dain, it is a hawalah in which a...

Hawalah

With respect to debts (dain/ dayn or duyun), hawalah (in Arabic script حوالة) refers to the transfer/ assignment of debt...

Investment Waqf

A form of waqf (Islamic endowment) whose assets are intended for investment (i.e., income/ ghallah generation). The income generated from...

Investment Agency Sukuk

A type of musharaka sukuk, which are by definition certificates that represent ownership in projects or activities managed on the...

Takyeef

The process of deriving a shari'a view or conception to an emerging matter or fact for which there was no...

Net Invested Funds Method of Zakah Base Determination

The zakah base (receptacle) is typically determined by an Islamic bank by applying 2.5% for a lunar calendar year or...