{"id":33598,"date":"2024-11-06T12:39:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:39:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=33598"},"modified":"2024-12-09T01:08:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-09T01:08:04","slug":"minimum-percentage-requirement-for-illiquid-assets-in-shares","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/minimum-percentage-requirement-for-illiquid-assets-in-shares\/","title":{"rendered":"Minimum Percentage Requirement For Illiquid Assets In Shares"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Fatwa ID: 07641<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Answered by Maulana Sarfraz Mohammad<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Question<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Among the conditions for buying and selling shares in the share market, what percentage of the company&#8217;s total assets must be in illiquid form? Is there any fixed percentage or even if it is 1%, will buying and selling of its shares be permissible?<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><b>Answer\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In the Hanafi madhab, the permissibility of buying and selling shares in a company is based on certain conditions. One key factor discussed in modern Islamic finance is the proportion of a company\u2019s illiquid assets (assets that are not immediately convertible to cash, such as property, machinery, or other physical goods) compared to its liquid assets (cash, bank balances, receivables).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">In classical Hanafi fiqh, there is no direct discussion of shares in companies as they exist today, but scholars have derived rulings based on general principles from the books of fiqh. One major principle is the prohibition of trading purely monetary or liquid assets (like cash etc) at face value or with interest (riba). Therefore, when purchasing shares, a company must have a significant proportion of its assets in illiquid form to avoid being treated like a sale of monetary assets.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">There is no fixed percentage explicitly mentioned in classical Hanafi fiqh regarding the minimum percentage of illiquid assets required for shares to be permissible. However, modern Hanafi scholars and Islamic finance institutions have established certain guidelines. The general consensus is that a company should have a significant proportion of its assets in illiquid form to make trading its shares permissible.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Contemporary Hanafi Guidelines:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Most contemporary Hanafi scholars, along with Islamic finance bodies such as\u00a0 (the Accounting and Auditing Organization for Islamic Financial Institutions), have set a threshold that the company\u2019s illiquid assets must constitute at least 30% of its total assets. This is to ensure that the company is not merely a financial institution dealing with cash or receivables, which would make share trading resemble an interest-based transaction. If the illiquid assets of the company fall below this threshold, some scholars argue that it resembles a trade of monetary assets (e.g., cash, debts), and thus trading in such shares would be impermissible due to the risk of engaging in riba (interest).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">To ensure the permissibility of buying and selling shares according to the Hanafi madhab, it is recommended that the company&#8217;s illiquid assets should be at least 30% of its total assets. This ensures the trade does not resemble the prohibited sale of liquid assets or debts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Only Allah \u062a\u0639\u0627\u0644\u064a Knows Best<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Written by Maulana Sarfraz Mohammad<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">References:<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; font-family: verdana, geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u0627\u0644\u062f\u0631 \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062e\u062a\u0627\u0631 \u0648\u062d\u0627\u0634\u064a\u0629 \u0627\u0628\u0646 \u0639\u0627\u0628\u062f\u064a\u0646 (\u0631\u062f \u0627\u0644\u0645\u062d\u062a\u0627\u0631) (4\/ 517)<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400; 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