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Forex Trading and Islam

May 28th, 2007

The topic of Forex trading prohibition in Islam is vast and controversial. Many points of view exist on different aspects of on-line Forex trading including — spot trading, futures and options trading, margin trading, overnight interest, etc. The majority of the Islamic jurists agrees that Forex trading can comply with Sharia only if it is spot trading (while futures and options are considered to earn Riba) and if it doesn’t involve any overnight interest (or interest hid by commissions, though Muslim traders should know that not all commissions are to hide overnight interest). One of the main point of debate lies in margin trading (almost every transaction in Forex is based on margin) and hedging (it is compared to futures trading usually). Dr. Mohammed Obaidullah of Universiti Tun Abdul Razak (located in Malaysia) discusses this topic in his article — Islamic Forex Trading. It is a well grounded article covering every aspect of Forex trading and providing references to the fundamental Islamic sources. Among other things, Dr. Mohammed Obaidullah proves margin Forex trading to be legal for Muslims, as long as it doesn’t involve any Riba (unlike some other Islamic jurists who look at margin Forex trading as forbidden activity). In this articles the Forex hedging is also analysed and is seen as the source of Riba income. I strongly recommend reading this article to all Muslim traders and those who want to start trading Forex while remaining a lawful Islamic believer.

I also recommend looking at the list of the Forex broker that offer Muslim-friendly trading accounts with no overnight-interest applied on the open positions.


12 Responses to “Forex Trading and Islam”

  1. Quran Tutor

    I will talk with muslim scholars about this matter

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    FAURE Reply:

    Salam’,
    Do you have any answers so?
    Thanks in advance,

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  2. N. Ahmed

    Recently I cam across the article on the Internet on same subject and since then I am trying to search about the issue raised by the writer that wether foreign currencies shall be treated as same class or different class. the link to article is:

    http://myblog.hazariba.com/Islamic+Legality+of+FOREX+business

    Reply

  3. hello

    Assalamualykum, i have tryed to read this article but the english is a bit complicated for me to understand everything, but im just wondering is it halal to use a broker u mean? And what should a do to make the trading as islamic as possible?

    Reply

    admin Reply:

    1. Trade on accounts with no overnight interest on positions (swaps).
    2. Trade on accounts with no yearly interest on balance.
    3. Optionally, trade without margin. This is a point of debates, but if you want to be completely sure, use no leverage in Forex trading.

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    ata Reply:

    How can one not use leverage?

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    admin Reply:

    One can trade without leverage with a broker that supports 1:1 leverage – that is, no margin.

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  4. Muhammad Ashfaq

    plz send me complete info about what says sharia about dcapforex trading online

    Reply

    admin Reply:

    What’s dcapforex?

    Reply

  5. Usman

    If u traded with no leverage then u would need over 100k to buy 1 lot!!!

    If u are trading less then 1 lot which is a 100k, u r not trading in the live market, so ur trading in a box enivorment so ur not even trading real money , like a Market maker!!!
    Like panda who trade against u

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    Usman Reply:

    Oanda for trade against you

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    admin Reply:

    There are ECN brokers with mini and even micro lots.

    Reply

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