2 articles tagged “Savings”

Premium Bonds are a loan to the government with a return allocated by lottery. Most scholars rule them impermissible on riba grounds, with maysir as a second objection. NS&I's terms and the halal alternatives.
Cash ISAs, workplace pensions, halal funds, fixed-term deposits: British Muslim wealth sits in wrappers the classical texts never met. How to calculate zakat on each, and where scholars genuinely differ.