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Benevolent Loan

An interest-free loan (fungible, marketable wealth) that is extended by a lender to a borrower on the basis of benevolence...

Tahkir

Arabic (تحكير) for a lease contract (ijarah) that is concluded for the purpose of keeping an endowed land (ardh mawqufah)...

Bay’ al-Najsh

A form of prohibited sale (bay' batil) in which a person or group of persons connive with a seller to...

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...

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...