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Amana Mutual Funds Trust (Ticker symbols: AMANX, AMAGX, and AMDWX), headquartered in Bellingham, Washington, is a mutual fund company offering investment products consistent with Islamic banking principles.
[4] [5] Investment in businesses that provide goods or services considered contrary to Islamic principles (e.g. pork or alcohol) is also haram ("sinful and prohibited"). [citation needed] These prohibitions have been applied historically in varying degrees in Muslim countries/communities to prevent un-Islamic practices.
At least in one Muslim country with a strong Islamic banking sector (Malaysia), there are two main types of investment accounts offered by Islamic banks for those investing specifically in profit and loss sharing modes [171] [172] —restricted or unrestricted.
Sharia practices ban riba (earning interest) and involvement in haram. It also forbids gambling and excessive risk (bayu al-gharar). [1] [2] This, however has not stopped some in Islamic finance industry from using some of these instruments and activities, but their permissibility is a subject of "heated debate" within the religion. [3]
Money.ca explains how halal investing helps observant Muslims save for retirement and plan for financial goals.
Takaful (Arabic: التكافل, sometimes translated as "solidarity" or mutual guarantee) [1] is a co-operative system of reimbursement or repayment in case of loss, organized as an Islamic or sharia-compliant alternative to conventional insurance, which contains riba (usury) and gharar (excessive uncertainty).
Riba (Arabic: ربا ,الربا، الربٰوة, ribā or al-ribā, IPA:) is an Arabic word used in Islamic law and roughly translated as "usury": unjust, exploitative gains made in trade or business. Riba is mentioned and condemned in several different verses in the Qur'an (3:130, 4:161, 30:39, and most commonly 2:275-2:280). [1]
Between the 9th and 14th centuries, the Muslim world developed many advanced economic concepts, techniques and usages. These ranged from areas of production, investment, finance, economic development, taxation, property use such as Hawala: an early informal value transfer system, Islamic trusts, known as waqf, systems of contract relied upon by merchants, a widely circulated common currency ...