WHR
Whirlpool Corporation
Is WHR Halal?
Home-appliance maker whose products are permissible, but the balance sheet often carries debt above the standard threshold.
What You Should Know
Whirlpool Corporation manufactures and sells major home appliances — refrigerators, washers, dryers, dishwashers, and cooking products — under brands like Whirlpool, Maytag, and KitchenAid. Its March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q reports assets of $16,001 million, interest-bearing debt of $6,520 million, cash of $669 million, receivables of $1,276 million and quarterly net sales of $3,273 million. Debt/assets is 40.75%, liquidity/assets is 4.18% and receivables-plus-cash/assets is 12.16%; the current filing-based debt screen fails. The appliance core is generally permissible, while financing, discontinued operations and product/customer allocation remain qualitative.
⚠️ Concerns
- •Known interest-bearing debt/assets is 40.75%, above examined 33.333% limits
- •The verdict is debt-dependent and can change as debt and market value move
- •Gross interest-income numerator unavailable; no fixed purification percentage asserted
- •Household-appliance financing and discontinued operations require review
- •Re-screen before each purchase given leverage sensitivity
Current quantitative Sharia screen
Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-31; calculated 2026-07-15.
6,520 / 16,001
669 / 16,001
1,945 / 16,001
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 40.75%, above the examined limit; liquidity/assets is 4.18% and receivables-plus-cash/assets is 12.16%, while gross interest income is unavailable.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 40.75%, above the examined MSCI total-assets limit; product and financing classification remains incomplete.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 40.75%, above the examined Malaysia limit; this is a calculation against SAC ratios, not an official classification.
- Financial
- Not calculated
- Overall
- Fails
A licensed historical market-cap series is not stored; the asset-based debt failure remains material.
Business-activity disclosure
Whirlpool manufactures and sells household appliances, a generally permissible activity. Discontinued operations, financing arrangements and the filing's product/customer disclosures leave a universal prohibited-revenue numerator unresolved.
Limitation: The filing does not provide a universal prohibited-activity revenue numerator or a standalone gross interest-income numerator.
Purification
The filing reports interest expense but no standalone gross interest-income numerator, so no income ratio or fixed purification percentage is asserted.
Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
- Amounts are USD millions from Whirlpool's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q.
- Interest-bearing debt is $351 million short-term borrowings, $586 million current maturities and $5,583 million noncurrent debt; operating leases are excluded.
- Cash and cash equivalents are $669 million and net accounts receivable are $1,276 million.
- First-quarter net sales are $3,273 million; the filing reports interest expense but no standalone gross interest-income numerator.
- Household appliances are generally permissible, but discontinued operations, finance arrangements and customer/end-use allocation require qualitative review.
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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