The Short Answer
Fortune Brands Innovations stock (FBIN) is currently doubtful on the stored quantitative screen. Making faucets, water systems, decking, doors and security hardware is generally permissible, but the latest filing shows debt/assets above the examined financial limits.
Current quantitative Sharia screen
Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-28; calculated 2026-07-15.
2,713.7 / 6,545.8
223.1 / 6,545.8
807.8 / 6,545.8
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 41.46%, above the examined FTSE 33.333% limit; liquidity/assets is 3.41% and receivables plus cash/assets is 12.34%, while gross interest income is unavailable.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 41.46%, above the examined MSCI 33.33% limit; this is not an index-membership claim.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 41.46%, above the examined Malaysia 33% limit; this is a calculation against SAC ratios, not an official classification.
- Financial
- Not calculated
- Overall
- Fails
A properly licensed and reproducible historical issuer market-cap series is not stored; the debt failure independently prevents a pass.
Business-activity disclosure
Fortune Brands Innovations makes water, outdoor-building and security products, including faucets, water systems, decking, doors, locks and connected-home security. These products are generally permissible, while customer end uses, connected-device practices and the filing's unallocated income require qualitative review.
Limitation: The filing does not provide a universal prohibited-activity revenue numerator by product, customer, end use or security application, and reports other income net rather than gross interest income.
Purification
Fortune Brands does not separately disclose gross interest income or a complete prohibited-activity numerator, so no fixed purification percentage is inferred.
Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
- Amounts are USD millions from Fortune Brands Innovations' March 28, 2026 Form 10-Q.
- Debt is the reported $2,713.7 million total of notes and commercial paper; operating lease liabilities are excluded.
- Cash and cash equivalents are $223.1 million; the filing does not identify a separate interest-bearing securities balance.
- Accounts receivable, net are $584.7 million and first-quarter net sales are $1,011.3 million.
- The filing says other income was primarily interest income but does not separately disclose a reproducible gross interest-income numerator; no amount is invented.
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.
Fortune Brands' March 28, 2026 filing reports debt/assets of 41.46%, liquidity/assets of 3.41% and receivables-plus-cash/assets of 12.34%. The debt screen fails; gross interest income and a universal prohibited-revenue numerator are not separately disclosed.
Sharia Screening Methodology
Islamic scholars use several criteria to screen stocks:
- Business activity screen: Is the company's primary business halal?
- Debt ratio: Total debt / market cap must be under 33%
- Interest income: Interest income / total revenue must be under 5%
- Haram revenue: Revenue from haram sources must be under 5%
- Receivables ratio: Total receivables / total assets must be under 49–70% (varies by board)
Fortune Brands' Business Activity
Fortune Brands Innovations, Inc. is a home and security products company. Its activity is:
- Water: Faucets and water-filtration systems (Moen, House of Rohl, Aqualisa)
- Outdoors: Composite decking, doors, and other outdoor building products (Fiberon, Therma-Tru)
- Security: Locks, safes, and connected-home security products (Master Lock, SentrySafe, Yale/August)
Manufacturing home and security products is a clearly permissible activity with no haram revenue line of its own.
Why FBIN's Business Is Generally Permissible
1. Permissible Core Business
Making water, outdoor, and security products for homes is a halal manufacturing business. There is no gambling, conventional banking, alcohol, or other prohibited line at the heart of the business.
2. Current Debt Ratio Fails the Asset Screen
The March 28, 2026 filing reports debt/assets of 41.46%, above the examined 33% asset-based limits. That current quantitative failure is why the stored result is doubtful, regardless of the generally permissible product business.
3. Receivables and Interest to Check
Receivables plus cash/assets is 12.34% on the stored proxy. The filing reports other income net but does not provide a reproducible gross interest-income numerator, so no purification percentage is invented.
Current Filing-Based Quantitative Screen
Fortune Brands' March 28, 2026 Form 10-Q reports the following transparent total-assets proxies:
- Debt / assets: 41.46% — above the examined 33.333% limits ❌
- Liquidity / assets: 3.41% — below the examined limits ✅
- Receivables + cash / assets: 12.34% — below the examined limits ✅
- Gross interest income: Not separately disclosed — no unsupported percentage inferred ⚠️
- Business activity: Home and security manufacturing is generally permissible; end use remains qualitative ⚠️
Methodology Interpretation
The stored record applies transparent total-assets proxies for FTSE Yasaar, MSCI Islamic and Malaysia SAC-style tests. All three financial screens fail on debt; this is not a third-party index or app classification.
- FTSE Yasaar-style asset tests: fail on debt; gross interest income unavailable
- MSCI Islamic-style asset tests: fail on debt
- Malaysia SAC-style ratios: fail on debt; not an official classification
- Market-cap denominator: not calculated from a reproducible licensed series
Bottom Line
Fortune Brands Innovations (FBIN) is doubtful in the current filing-based analysis because debt/assets is 41.46%, above the examined asset-based limits. The home and security products business is generally permissible, but re-screen after debt changes or the next filing.
For Muslim investors seeking home-products exposure, compare FBIN with peers like Allegion (ALLE), Masco (MAS), and Lennox (LII).
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