Read educational articles, market insights, and Sharia-focused research designed for Muslim crypto investors using the CoinStudy Halal Crypto Standard (HCS) framework.
CoinStudy's Shariah Board Chairman Dr. Usman Quddus has ruled directly on xStocks and tokenized equity activities. Buying and holding halal company xStocks is Mubah. LP in halal pairs is permissible. Standard DeFi lending is Haram. Apple and Nvidia pass Islamic equity screening. MicroStrategy and bank stocks are Haram. Complete guide inside.
Buying a token and contributing to a project are two different compliance questions with two different answers. CoinStudy's Shariah Board chairman has ruled that contribution focused on permissible infrastructure content, with deliberate avoidance of haram-classified applications, remains permissible under the majority work principle in Islamic jurisprudence. Complete guide for Muslim Web3 c
Liquid staking cannot be given one universal Islamic finance ruling because it is not one product. CoinStudy's complete analysis covers the three-tier compliance framework, the DeFi composability principle, MEV revenue concerns, real protocol examples including JitoSOL and rkuSOL, and the critical distinction between base liquid staking and auto-compounding DeFi-composable yield instruments.
Darurah is one of Islamic law's most profound expressions of mercy within principle. When genuine compulsion threatens one of the five Maqasid al-Shariah, prohibited matters become permissible to the exact degree necessary. CoinStudy's Shariah Board chairman answers six specific questions about necessity, medical emergencies, and the boundaries of this principle with Quranic evidence and sch
Crypto mining maps onto Ijarah, the Islamic contract for service compensation, making it one of the more clearly defensible crypto activities available to Muslim investors. CoinStudy explains the permissibility framework, why the underlying coin still matters, mining pool structures, cloud mining risks, and the energy ethics question every Muslim miner should consider.
Every major crypto exchange offers referral bonuses, but are they halal? CoinStudy breaks down four distinct compliance concerns, from futures-triggered rewards to the funding source of spot-only bonuses, and explains why the same Ecosystem Riba Exposure principle behind exchange token rulings applies to referral income too.
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