WFM

Whole Foods Market (Amazon subsidiary; no WFM listing)

DOUBTFUL — NOT PUBLICLY TRADEDstock

Is WFM Halal?

Amazon completed Whole Foods Market's acquisition in August 2017 and WFM was delisted; the grocery, alcohol and sourcing analysis remains qualitative without current standalone ratios.

What You Should Know

WFM is a preserved Whole Foods Market route. Amazon completed the acquisition on August 28, 2017, so Whole Foods is an Amazon subsidiary rather than a current standalone public security. The historical natural-food grocery analysis is retained, including beer, wine, tap rooms, non-halal products and sourcing questions; no current standalone WFM quantitative screen is applicable.

⚠️ Concerns

  • WFM was delisted after Amazon's acquisition
  • Beer, wine, tap rooms and mixed product categories
  • Non-halal food and sourcing questions
  • WFM is a preserved Amazon-acquisition alias; the URL is unchanged

Current quantitative Sharia screen

Based on issuer-status figures for the period ended 2017-08-28; calculated 2026-07-15.

Legacy alias · no public listing
This legacy route is not a currently publicly traded security. No current issuer balance sheet, revenue statement or public-market share price is available for a reproducible quantitative equity screen. The route and its qualitative analysis are preserved for search continuity; the historical ticker should not be treated as an investable current listing.
FTSE Yasaar
v4.6, February 2026
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
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Not calculated because WFM was acquired and is no longer a current publicly traded issuer.

MSCI Islamic (total-assets series)
October 2024 methodology
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
Not calculated

No current standalone Whole Foods financial statement is available.

Malaysia SAC financial ratios
single 5% activity benchmark adopted November 2025
Financial
Not calculated
Overall
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Not calculated for a delisted historical security.

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

WFM has no current public-market price or market-cap series.

Business-activity disclosure

Whole Foods historically operated natural and organic grocery stores. Grocery retail is generally permissible in principle, while beer, wine, tap rooms and mixed product categories remain qualitative concerns; WFM is no longer publicly investable.

Limitation: No current standalone WFM balance sheet, revenue statement or public-market price exists for a reproducible quantitative screen.

Purification

No current standalone WFM issuer income is available for a purification calculation.

Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
  • Amazon completed the Whole Foods Market acquisition on August 28, 2017; WFM is not a current standalone public security.
  • The historical standalone filing is not substituted into a current screen, and Amazon or Whole Foods segment figures are not used as WFM figures.
  • The route and its natural-food, alcohol, non-halal product and sourcing analysis are preserved.

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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