Halal Business Financing in Nova Scotia
Financing for businesses purchasing or refinancing their operating property. Offices, medical/dental practices, restaurants, warehouses, gas stations, hotels. Also covers acquisitions, equipment, inventory, working capital, and renovations. $250K–$5M, ~5–10% down, up to 25 years. Professional practices sub-program: ~5% down, construction/build-outs possible with payment deferral.
The most versatile program in IjaraCDC's Canadian commercial lineup: $250K-$5M covering everything from a dental practice build-out to a gas-station acquisition, at down payments as low as 5-10% - leverage that conventional small-business lending rarely beats. The trust-based Ijara mechanics split each payment between rent and an equity buyout until title transfers, backed by a fatwa lineage from the 1995 Dallah Al Baraka ruling and a standing Sharia Advisory Board chaired by Mufti Muneer Akhoon. The breadth is also the caveat: terms vary widely by use case and pricing is individually quoted, so the quote defines the deal. Best for owner-operators buying their premises; the professional-practices track with payment deferral during build-outs is a standout for physicians and dentists.
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Type
Small Business
Structure
ijara
Min Amount
$250,000
Max Amount
$5,000,000
Down Payment
~5–10%
IjaraCDC's Small Business Financing is available for businesses in Nova Scotia, using a ijara structure. Financing amounts range from $250,000 to $5,000,000. IjaraCDC operates nationwide, so Nova Scotia residents have full access to this product.
IjaraCDC maintains a standing Sharia Advisory Board chaired since 2012 by Mufti Muneer Ahmed Akhoon - Karachi-trained (he studied under Taqi Usmani, among others) and Director of Religious Affairs at the Westchester Muslim Center in Mt. Vernon, NY - who issued the current fatwa on the finance documents. Shaykh Mufti Mohammed-Umer Esmail, a Canadian-born scholar with 13 years of formal Shariah study who also trained under Justice Taqi Usmani, has served as Sharia Advisor since 2009 and issued the fatwa for the Conversion Product; Imam Yahya Abdullah (joined 2013) and Imam Mohamed Radwan Mardini (joined 2015) complete the board. The underlying Lease to Purchase contract carries a documented fatwa lineage: the original 1995 Dallah Al Baraka fatwa (Sh. Muhammad Taqi Usmani, Sh. Nizam Yaquby, Dr. Abdus Sattar Abu Ghuddah, Sh. Abdullah Al Mannae), updated in 1997 for the United Bank of Kuwait's Al-Manzil program, in 2003 for University Bank (Yusuf DeLorenzo, Nizam Yaquby), reviewed in 2006 by Dr. Ahmed Shleibak, extended in 2009 with Esmail's Conversion fatwa, and reissued in 2012 by Akhoon. The current fatwa is downloadable in English, French, and Spanish, and IjaraCDC states the approval covers use in both the USA and Canada. Two honest caveats: Taqi Usmani approved the original 1995 contract but does not serve on IjaraCDC's board (the site says so explicitly), and the primary contract documents - trust agreement, lease, and Promise to Purchase - are released for review only under a signed NDA.
Sharia Advisory Board chaired by Mufti Muneer Akhoon. Shaykh Mufti Mohammed-Umer Esmail serves as advisor.
2026-08-13
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✓ Available nationwide including Nova Scotia
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We closed on our house last March!! After renting for 11 years because we couldn't find anything halal, this felt like a huge weight lifted. The process took about 8 weeks which honestly was fine. My only note is their online portal could use a refresh but the actual service was great.
My dad has been telling me to buy a house for years but I kept saying no because of the riba issue. Found IjaraCDC through our masjid's community board and decided to go for it. Everything was straightforward. They walk you through how the lease-to-own works and it actually made sense.
used them for auto financing. process was smooth, got approved in about a week. only thing is the rate was a bit higher than what my credit union offered conventionally but thats the tradeoff and im fine with it
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