Halal investing, explained
Short, plain-language guides to how screening works, what the ratios mean, and how to handle purification and zakat.
What makes a stock halal?
4 minOwning a share means owning a slice of a real business. Whether that’s permissible comes down to two things: what the business does, and how it’s financed.
Read →The screening ratios, explained
5 minRizvest uses the AAOIFI approach: an activity screen plus three financial ratios measured against a company’s market capitalization.
Read →Purification: cleansing impure income
4 minEven a permissible company can earn a small slice of impure income (e.g. interest on its cash). Purification means giving that portion away.
Read →Zakat on your stocks
4 minHow zakat applies to shares depends on why you hold them — for trading, or for long-term income.
Read →Why we say “likely halal”
3 minWhen a stock passes every check we can run but one input is missing, we won’t call it a definitive “halal.” Here’s why that honesty matters.
Read →Educational only — not a fatwa or personalized financial advice. For rulings on your specific situation, consult a qualified scholar.