One of the main components of effective financial planning is to cover yourself with insurance. Takaful vs conventional insurance has been one of the main dilemmas for Muslims. We will discuss the critical differences between takaful and traditional insurance in the following. But let’s have a glance at the definition of takaful first. Get Musaffa […]
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Crypto assets have been a hot topic in the Shariah perspective lately due to the hype of cryptocurrencies and NFTs. Crypto assets, also known as digital assets or virtual assets, are digital representations of value that are cryptographically secured on a blockchain platform. In short, we call them crypto. An asset is anything that serves
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Decentralized finance or DeFi is an emerging digital financial infrastructure that might become a new playground for the Islamic finance industry. DeFi products enable financial services accessible to anyone with an internet connection, and the users are mainly the owner of those financial transactions. Theoretically, DeFi eliminates the approval requirements from the central bank or
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Islamic banking is the new phenomenon in modern economics, it presents as an effort and the belief of ‘Ulama and Islamic economist as a solution towards interest-based conventional economic. Islamic banking is defined as non-interest banking. To answer the question on How Shariah-compliant is Islamic banking, we will observe the three areas; Philosophical fundamentals, Product
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Did you know what is usul al-fiqh and its role in Islamic finance? If you did not, we will briefly explain it to you. Islamic law comes up with five legal matrixes: obligation, favorable, permissible, detestable, and prohibition. Muslims are subject to accord their conscious activities, including financial transactions, to these matrixes. With the rapid
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It is essential for Muslim investors to know how AAOIFI plays a significant role in correlating Sharia principles and investment activities. AAOIFI stands for Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions. One of AAOIFI’s goals is to set financial reporting that complies and does not contradict Islamic law (fiqh). This article outlines a brief
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One example of the sale of debt is selling receivables to another party, but, is it permissible in Islamic finance? Such a transaction likely occurs when the receivable holder needs liquidity while it is not yet due. The trading of Negotiable Islamic Certificate of Deposit (NICD) in Malaysia is another example of the sale of
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Cash Waqf is currently becoming popular as it can contribute to develop the microfinance society. This article discusses the development of cash waqf in Indonesia jurisdiction particularly. We begin to briefly introduce the definition of waqf, its types, and cash waqf. Then, we present the growth of cash waqf in Indonesia and the role of
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Goldman Sachs, JP. Morgan, Wells Fargo, etc. are examples of investment banks that made huge money in the capital market. The investment bank is a financial institution that operates within a capital market system to facilitate all related matters of transaction. This fact makes an investment bank becomes a very lucrative business in the field
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The time value of money is one of the essential principles in investment, both conventional and Islamic. However, it stems from the conventional finance point of view that presumes today’s money is more favorable to people than future dates. To illustrate, a person will prefer to receive USD 100 today than a year later. This
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