BAC

Bank of America Corp.

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Is BAC Halal?

Conventional bank — disclosed net interest income is 52.02% of Q1 revenue and the core model is riba-based.

What You Should Know

Bank of America's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q shows $3,496,186 million of assets, $2,230,159 million of interest-bearing funding and $15,745 million of net interest income against $30,272 million of quarterly revenue. The quantitative ratios and conventional banking activity fail the examined methodologies.

⚠️ Concerns

  • Interest-bearing deposits and lending
  • Credit cards and mortgages
  • Investment banking, derivatives and securities financing

Current quantitative Sharia screen

Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-31; calculated 2026-07-14.

USD · millions
Interest-bearing debt / assets
63.79%Above limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

2,230,159 / 3,496,186

Cash + interest-bearing securities / assets
43.17%Above limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

1,509,444 / 3,496,186

Receivables + cash / assets
48.58%Within limit
Below 50% under FTSE Yasaar

1,698,358 / 3,496,186

Non-compliant income / revenue
52.01%Above limit
No more than 5% under FTSE Yasaar

15,745 / 30,272

FTSE Yasaar
v4.6, February 2026
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Interest-bearing funding is 63.79% of assets, identifiable conventional liquidity is 42.40%, and net interest income is 52.02% of revenue. Conventional banking independently fails the activity screen.

MSCI Islamic (total-assets series)
October 2024 methodology
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Interest-bearing funding and identifiable liquidity exceed the examined total-assets limits; conventional banking also independently fails.

Malaysia SAC financial ratios
single 5% activity benchmark adopted November 2025
Financial
Fails
Overall
Fails

Interest-bearing funding, identifiable liquidity and net interest income exceed the examined limits. This is a calculation against SAC ratios, not an official SAC classification.

Market-cap denominator methods
MSCI M-Series, S&P and Dow Jones methods differ
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
Fails

Historical market-cap ratios are not stored; a different denominator cannot cure the failed conventional-banking business activity.

Business-activity disclosure

Bank of America is a conventional global bank whose core activities include interest-bearing deposits, consumer and commercial lending, credit cards, mortgages, investment banking, markets and wealth management. Net interest income alone was 52.02% of quarterly revenue, well above the examined 5% activity benchmark.

Limitation: The filing does not classify every fee, trading, card, advisory or investment product by Sharia contract. That limitation does not change the result because conventional banking and disclosed net interest income independently establish failure.

Purification

Purification is not calculated because Bank of America fails at the core business-activity level. The 52.02% net-interest figure establishes failure; it is not a donation percentage that makes continued ownership compliant.

Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
  • Amounts are USD millions from Bank of America's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q.
  • Interest-bearing funding includes interest-bearing deposits, federal funds purchased and securities sold under repurchase agreements, short-term borrowings and long-term debt.
  • Identifiable interest-bearing assets include interest-bearing deposits, resale agreements, available-for-sale and held-to-maturity debt securities; trading assets are excluded rather than assumed entirely interest-bearing.
  • Receivables include financing receivables, customer and other receivables, and resale agreements; this is a conservative screening input.
  • Net interest income of $15,745 million is compared with $30,272 million of quarterly revenue as a directly disclosed minimum non-compliant business-revenue numerator.

This is a reproducible financial screen, not a fatwa. A failed total-assets screen can coexist with a pass under a market-cap methodology. ZakatInvest keeps the qualitative assessment separate so numerical thresholds do not erase material context.

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