Fiqh
7 articles tagged “Fiqh”
Are Treasury Bills and Bonds Halal? A Kenyan Investor's Answer (2026)
T-bills and infrastructure bonds are Kenya's favourite safe investments, tax perks included. Why they fail the riba test and what halal money can do instead.
Halal Gold Investing in Kenya (2026): Rules, Routes and Scams
Gold tempts Kenyan savers as inflation protection, and gold scams tempt harder. The fiqh rules for buying gold, the legitimate routes, and the frauds to dodge.
Fuliza, M-Shwari and Tala: Are Mobile Loans Halal in Kenya? (2026)
Mobile credit is woven into Kenyan daily life, a tap away for millions. The fiqh verdict on overdrafts, app loans and their fees, and the halal ways out and up.
Is Forex Trading Halal? What Kenyan Muslims Should Know (2026)
Online forex is licensed, marketed and booming in Kenya. Why leveraged trading fails the fiqh tests whatever the broker calls the account, and what to do instead.
Is Conventional Insurance Permissible When Takaful Options Are Thin? The Kenya Question
Kenya has one takaful operator and no family takaful at all. What classical rulings say about conventional insurance, where necessity applies, and where scholars genuinely disagree.
Zakat on M-PESA Balances and Mobile Money in Kenya (2026)
M-PESA balances are zakatable cash, full stop. How to count wallet money, Ziidi fund units, chama floats and agent floats on your zakat date, without inventing new rules.
Zakat on Retirement Savings in Kenya (2026): Pensions, Salih and the Umbrella Fund
Does a locked pension owe annual zakat? Scholars genuinely differ. The documented positions, applied honestly to NSSF, CPF Salih, TIA's umbrella fund and voluntary savings.