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Zakat on Business Assets: What Your Company Owes When Nobody Is Collecting
Inventory, receivables and the business bank account are zakatable; the warehouse, vans and machinery are not. How UAE business owners separate trading assets from tools, and why the calculation is easier than the discipline.
Where to Pay Zakat in the UAE: Channels, Eligibility and the App That Replaced the App
The Zakat Fund app is discontinued, the Awqaf authority runs the system, and Abu Dhabi surfaces services through TAMM. Your real options for discharging zakat in the UAE, and how to vet each one.
Seven Zakat Myths UAE Residents Actually Believe, Corrected
No, the government does not collect it. No, taxes do not count. No, jewellery is not automatically exempt, and Ramadan is not the deadline. The misconceptions that quietly cancel zakat for entire households, taken apart one by one.
Murabaha for UAE Businesses: Where Cost-Plus Finance Fits and Where It Hurts
Murabaha powers most Islamic business finance in the UAE: simple, fixed, and unforgiving on early exit. How the contract works, the commodity variant to scrutinize, and the clauses that decide your real cost.
Islamic Crowdfunding and UAE SMEs: The 2026 Landscape
Fifty-three Islamic crowdfunding platforms operate globally, the largest category in a fintech sector projected at US$179 billion, and the UAE is one of its anchor ecosystems. What exists, what the regulators built, and how to read it.
Mainland, DIFC or ADGM: How Jurisdiction Shapes Halal Business Finance
The UAE runs three legal systems side by side, and your incorporation choice decides which regulators, courts and Islamic finance frameworks govern your money. The map for business owners.
Islamic Trade Finance in the UAE: Funding Imports Without Interest
Trade is where Islamic finance began, and the UAE is where it concentrates. How Murabaha, Wakala LCs and Salam map onto import-export cash flow, and the questions that keep structures honest.
Flat vs Reducing Rate: The Car Finance Number Trick Every UAE Buyer Falls For
DIB prints it plainly: 2.15% flat equals 3.93% reducing. Half the market advertises the small number and hopes you compare it against the other kind. The conversion, the arithmetic and the script for your next quote.
Financing an Electric Car the Halal Way: The UAE's 1.79% Outlier and Everything Else (2026)
ADIB Volt prints 1.79% for new German EVs, the lowest number in UAE Islamic auto finance, and no other provider publishes an EV-specific rate at all. What the program covers, what it excludes, and how everyone else finances electric.