The Short Answer
Regal Rexnord stock (RRX) is currently doubtful on the stored quantitative screen. Making electric motors, drives, bearings and power-transmission components is generally permissible, but the latest filing shows debt/assets just above the examined financial limits.
Current quantitative Sharia screen
Based on 10-Q figures for the period ended 2026-03-31; calculated 2026-07-15.
4,706.4 / 13,780.8
401 / 13,780.8
978.3 / 13,780.8
4.6 / 1,479.1
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 34.15%, above the examined FTSE 33.333% limit; liquidity/assets is 2.91%, receivables plus cash/assets is 7.10%, and disclosed interest income is 0.31%.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 34.15%, above the examined MSCI 33.33% limit; this is not an index-membership claim.
- Financial
- Fails
- Overall
- Fails
Debt/assets is 34.15%, 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
Regal Rexnord manufactures electric motors, drives, controls, bearings and power-transmission components. Industrial manufacturing is generally permissible, while aerospace, defense-adjacent, customer end-use, supply-chain and acquisition activities require continuing qualitative review.
Limitation: The filing does not allocate revenue into a universal prohibited-activity numerator by customer, end use, government exposure or product application.
Purification
Regal Rexnord discloses $4.6 million of interest income, or 0.31% of quarterly sales, but does not prescribe a scholar-approved purification percentage or quantify all screened business activity.
Inputs, assumptions and primary sources
- Amounts are USD millions from Regal Rexnord's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q.
- Debt combines $23.8 million of current maturities and $4,682.6 million of long-term debt; operating leases are excluded.
- Cash and cash equivalents are $401.0 million; no separate interest-bearing securities balance is identified.
- Trade receivables, net are $577.3 million and first-quarter net sales are $1,479.1 million. Receivables sold under the securitization facility are not added after derecognition.
- Disclosed interest income is $4.6 million; the filing does not provide a universal prohibited-activity revenue numerator.
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.
Regal Rexnord's March 31, 2026 filing reports debt/assets of 34.15%, liquidity/assets of 2.91%, receivables-plus-cash/assets of 7.10% and disclosed interest income of 0.31% of quarterly sales. The debt screen fails even though the other known ratios pass.
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)
Regal Rexnord's Business Activity
Regal Rexnord Corporation is a diversified industrial manufacturer. Its activity is:
- Automation and motion control: Motors, drives, and controls for industrial applications
- Power transmission: Bearings, couplings, gearing, and conveying components
- Industrial systems: Components for HVAC, aerospace, and general industrial use
Manufacturing industrial motion and power-transmission products is a clearly permissible activity with no haram revenue line of its own.
Why RRX's Business Is Generally Permissible
1. Permissible Core Business
Building motors, drives, and power-transmission components 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 31, 2026 filing reports debt/assets of 34.15%, just above the examined 33% asset-based limits. The debt failure is why the stored result is doubtful; deleveraging and the next filing could change it.
3. Receivables and Interest to Check
Receivables plus cash/assets is 7.10% and disclosed interest income is 0.31% of quarterly sales, both below the examined limits. Aerospace, industrial and downstream end uses remain qualitative.
Current Filing-Based Quantitative Screen
Regal Rexnord's March 31, 2026 Form 10-Q reports the following transparent total-assets proxies:
- Debt / assets: 34.15% — above the examined 33.333% limits ❌
- Liquidity / assets: 2.91% — below the examined limits ✅
- Receivables + cash / assets: 7.10% — below the examined limits ✅
- Interest income / sales: 0.31% disclosed — below the examined FTSE 5% limit ✅
- Business activity: Industrial 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; no third-party app or index classification is asserted.
- FTSE Yasaar-style asset tests: fail on debt
- 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
Regal Rexnord (RRX) is doubtful in the current filing-based analysis because debt/assets is 34.15%, above the examined asset-based limits. The manufacturing business is generally permissible; re-screen after debt repayment or the next filing.
For Muslim investors seeking industrial exposure, compare RRX with peers like Nordson (NDSN), Dover (DOV), and Parker Hannifin (PH).
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