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Gartner Inc.

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Is IT Halal?

Technology research is permissible, but Gartner fails the examined asset-based debt screen.

What You Should Know

Gartner's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q reports 38.97% interest-bearing debt/assets, 21.78% cash/assets and 40.21% receivables-plus-cash/assets. Research, advisory and conference services are generally permissible, but the debt ratio exceeds the examined 33.333% asset-based limit and interest income is not separately reproducible.

⚠️ Concerns

  • Interest-bearing debt/assets is 38.97%, above the examined asset-based limit
  • Receivables plus cash/assets is 40.21%
  • Interest income and market-cap denominator remain incomplete

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
38.97%Above limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

2,982.971 / 7,655.273

Cash + interest-bearing securities / assets
21.78%Within limit
Below 33.333% under FTSE Yasaar

1,666.946 / 7,655.273

Receivables + cash / assets
40.21%Within limit
Below 50% under FTSE Yasaar

3,078.442 / 7,655.273

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

Debt/assets is 38.97%, above the examined 33.333% limit; cash/assets is 21.78% and receivables plus cash/assets is 40.21%. Interest income remains unavailable.

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

Debt/assets is 38.97%, above the examined MSCI total-assets limit; this is not an index-membership claim.

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

Debt/assets is 38.97%, above the examined Malaysia SAC financial limit; this is a calculation against SAC ratios, not an official classification.

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

A properly licensed reproducible market-cap history is not stored; a spot estimate is not substituted.

Business-activity disclosure

Gartner provides technology research, advisory services, consulting and conferences. These knowledge and professional-services activities are generally permissible, while the filing does not quantify a school-specific prohibited-revenue taxonomy.

Limitation: The filing does not provide a reproducible market-cap denominator history or a universal prohibited-revenue and interest-income numerator.

Purification

A standalone interest-income numerator is not reproducibly disclosed; investors should seek qualified guidance and ZakatInvest does not prescribe a fixed percentage.

Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
  • Amounts are USD millions from Gartner's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q.
  • Interest-bearing debt is current debt of 5.000 plus long-term debt of 2,977.971; operating lease liabilities are excluded.
  • Cash and cash equivalents are 1,666.946 and fees receivable are 1,411.496.
  • Quarterly revenue is 1,511.041.
  • The filing discusses interest income within net interest expense but does not provide a reproducible standalone numerator in the extracted statements.

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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