BLK

BlackRock Inc.

DOUBTFUL — METHODS DIFFERstock

Is BLK Halal?

Financial ratios pass, but BlackRock does not disclose a reproducible Sharia-screened revenue numerator across its conventional funds, bond products, and investment vehicles.

What You Should Know

BlackRock's investment-management and technology businesses are not automatically prohibited, but it manages conventional equity, bond, private-market, and derivative products. Its March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q reports $170,237 million of assets, $12,749 million of borrowings, $9,841 million of cash, $3,799 million of debt securities, $5,219 million of accounts receivable, and $6,698 million of quarterly revenue. Disclosed interest and dividend income was $90 million. The ratios pass the examined total-assets screens, while the business classification remains DOUBTFUL because product-level revenue and mandate details are not reported at a screenable level.

⚠️ Concerns

  • Manages bond funds and other riba-linked products
  • Conventional index funds and ETFs can contain non-compliant holdings
  • Debt securities were $3,799 million and disclosed interest/dividend income was $90 million
  • Derivatives, securities lending, private credit, and digital-asset products require continuing review

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
7.49%Within limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

12,749 / 170,237

Cash + interest-bearing securities / assets
8.01%Within limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

13,640 / 170,237

Receivables + cash / assets
8.85%Within limit
Below 50% under FTSE Yasaar

15,060 / 170,237

Non-compliant income / revenue
1.34%Within limit
No more than 5% under FTSE Yasaar

90 / 6,698

FTSE Yasaar
v4.6, February 2026
Financial
Pass
Overall
Incomplete

Debt/assets is 7.49%, liquidity/assets is 8.01%, receivables plus cash/assets is 8.85%, and disclosed interest/dividend income is 1.34%; the product-level business screen remains incomplete.

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

The examined total-assets ratios pass, but BlackRock's fund mandates and underlying holdings are not disclosed at a reproducible prohibited-revenue level.

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

Debt/assets and liquidity/assets are below the examined 33% limits, but the business classification remains incomplete; this is not an official SAC classification.

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

Market-cap methods are not calculated because a properly licensed and reproducible issuer history is not stored.

Business-activity disclosure

BlackRock's investment-management and technology businesses are not automatically prohibited, but it manages conventional equity, fixed-income, private-market, derivative, and other products.

Limitation: The filing does not isolate revenue by Sharia-screened fund mandate, bond exposure, derivative product, private-credit strategy, or underlying holding, so a prohibited-revenue percentage would be speculative.

Purification

Disclosed interest and dividend income is $90 million, but product-level operating revenue is not separated enough to prescribe a complete purification amount.

Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
  • Amounts are USD millions from BlackRock's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q and rounded to the nearest million.
  • Borrowings are $12,749 million; separate-account liabilities are client or fund balances and are not treated as corporate debt.
  • Cash is $9,841 million and debt securities are $3,799 million, comprising trading debt securities of $3,304 million and held-to-maturity investments of $495 million.
  • Accounts receivable is $5,219 million and quarterly revenue from contracts with customers is $6,698 million.
  • Interest and dividend income is $90 million; BlackRock does not disclose a defensible prohibited-revenue numerator by fund mandate or product.

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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