Issue of Bai‘ Wa Salaf (Combination of Sale and Loan Contract) in Tawarruq Based Deposit Product: A Practitioner’s Perspective

Abdul Rahim, Mohamad Syafiqe (2025): Issue of Bai‘ Wa Salaf (Combination of Sale and Loan Contract) in Tawarruq Based Deposit Product: A Practitioner’s Perspective.

Abstract

The Malaysia Islamic banking market has expanded rapidly and it continues to embrace innovative structure, as underlined by the launch of Islamic banking products using various Shariah concepts. One of the most popular Shariah concept used by Islamic Banks across all market segment in Malaysia is Tawarruq (Commodity Murabahah). In recent years, Centre Bank of Malaysia has been issuing various Shariah resolutions and Shariah related policies to be complied by Islamic banks. Whilst this initiative is praiseworthy in strengthening and standardising the Shariah compliance culture, there are several issues which may impact the operational aspect of a bank. This paper will focus to discuss on the Shariah and operational concerns in Tawarruq based deposit product where the analysis will focus on the issue of prohibition of Bai` Wa Salaf. In addition, this paper will also provide some example of financial structures which already in Malaysia market as case study and reference. This article is based on qualitative research approach which is purely based on primary data gathered through library research and interview.

• Item Type: MPRA Paper
• Language: English
• Keywords: Bai` Wa Salaf, Tawarruq, Deposit Product, Islamic Banking, Shariah
• Subjects: G - Financial Economics > G0 - General > G00 - General; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G20 - General; G - Financial Economics > G2 - Financial Institutions and Services > G21 - Banks ; Depository Institutions ; Micro Finance Institutions ; Mortgages

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