๐๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐ค๐ข๐ฆ ๐๐๐ซ๐๐๐ง๐ค๐๐ง ๐๐ฌ๐ฅ๐๐ฆ ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐ญ๐๐ฌ?
Financial institutions in Malaysia are required to obtain permission from Bank Negara Malaysia to participate in Skim Perbankan Islam before they can offer Islamic banking products and services to the public. In order to participate, financial institutions must separate their accounts from the conventional banking business and appoint Shariah consultants to advise them on all aspects of the Islamic banking business.
At Standard Chartered, we keep a separate balance sheet for our Islamic banking business to ensure that the deposit accepted under Skim Perbankan Islam is used exclusively to invest in Islamic Banking assets. Similarly, to ensure all Islamic financing are funded by Islamic deposit.
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ป๐ฑ๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฑ๐๐ฎ๐น ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
Deposits can be accepted from individuals regardless of their faith, occupation, gender or race. Islamic financing may also be extended to individuals on the same basis.
๐ฆ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฒ๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ผ๐บ๐ฒ๐ฟ๐
For business customers, dealings both in terms of accepting deposit and extending financing must exclude those businesses whose primary activity or activities are Shariah non-compliant.
Negative list โ list of non-Shariah compliant activities;
- Alcohol
- Gambling
- Pornography
- Tobacco, dangerous drugs and any prohibited element/potion by government
- Entertainment related companies โ those proven to engage in specifically in non-Shariah compliant activities.ย Examples are karaoke lounges serving alcohol, film production houses producing mainly illicit movies, cinemas with no evidence of screening films other than entertainment related movies.
- Pork and all its byproducts
- Prostitution
- Interest-based lending
- Conventional insurance and stock brokering
- Hotel โ those suspected of condoning to haram activities, and etc.
- Production and distribution of idols, statues, and materials and place for non-Muslim worship.
- For Food & Beverages, a halal certificate from JAKIM is preferred but not required.ย Facilities can be extended to restaurants not serving pork, alcohol and non-halal ingredients.
- For companies in the beauty related industry, application is to be referred to the Shariah Department for clearance.
๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ถ๐ป๐ด
Islamic banking offers a wide range of asset-financing products that extend a financing facility to help customers buy or lease a property, vehicles, goods and etc. In these cases, the assets involved and the company must not fall within the above Shariah non-compliant businesses and activities.
Examples:
We are prohibited from providing an Islamic banking financing facility for the purchase or leasing of a brewery or a synagogue etc.
We are also prohibited from providing an Islamic banking facility to finance the purchase of a vehicle that will be used to facilitate vice, or a machine that is used to produce pork-related products etc.
Finally, we are also prohibited from providing an Islamic banking facility to finance a vehicle or machinery that will be used in a casino or a pornographic film outfit.
