--- title: "Is Meta Platforms Stock Halal?" canonical: https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/meta-platforms-stock publisher: HalalWallet license: CC BY 4.0 verdict: halal verdict_label: Halal entity_type: stock ticker: META exchange: NASDAQ last_reviewed: 2026-06-15 data_as_of: 2026-03-31 standards_disagree: false authorities_with_position: 4 authority_agreement: split --- # Is Meta Platforms Stock Halal? **Authority consensus:** Halal screening authorities disagree on Meta Platforms, Inc.: halal (HalalWallet (AAOIFI), Wahed (HLAL ETF)); doubtful (Musaffa, Zoya). **Verdict: Halal** (Generally permissible) Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) passes our AAOIFI-based screen. Its core business is permissible, and (data as of 2026-03-31) interest-bearing debt is 4.1% of market cap and cash plus interest-bearing securities 5.6% — both inside the 30% AAOIFI thresholds. It is independently held by Shariah-screened ETF HLAL, confirming it passes professional screens. Ratios move with the share price, so check the data-as-of date; any incidental interest income should be purified. > HalalWallet is not a Shariah authority and does not issue religious rulings. We compile the most complete public record of what Shariah scholars, screening authorities, and mainstream standards say — reproduced from primary sources with dates and citations — and let you decide. ## How we read the evidence Meta owns Facebook, Instagram, WhatsApp, Messenger and Threads, and is investing heavily in AI and in Reality Labs hardware. Unlike Apple or Microsoft, where questionable lines sit inside a larger permissible business, Meta's 10-K is explicit that substantially all revenue comes from advertising in its Family of Apps segment. That makes the entire Shariah assessment hinge on how a methodology treats ad-platform revenue: screens that regard mainstream digital advertising as fundamentally permissible (with a haircut for impermissible ad content) can pass Meta, while screens that assign a larger questionable share to untraceable ad inventory will flag it. Meta provides no advertiser-category breakdown, so no screener can compute the impermissible share precisely. The third-party signals are split along exactly those lines as of June 11, 2026. HLAL (FTSE Shariah screen, certified by Yasaar) holds Meta at roughly a 3.8% weight - a clear institutional pass - while SPUS does not hold it, and the retail AAOIFI screeners are cautious: Zoya flags Meta as questionable and Musaffa as doubtful. This is one of the clearest current examples of a stock where reputable Shariah methodologies genuinely disagree, and investors should understand the disagreement is about business-screen categorization of advertising, not about hidden debt. On financial ratios, Meta's borrowings are small relative to its very large market value, and it holds substantial cash and marketable securities producing interest income that would require purification under approaches that permit the stock. A practical takeaway: a Muslim investor following the FTSE Shariah standard has index-level support for holding Meta; one following Zoya's or Musaffa's AAOIFI interpretation should treat the current public flags as a caution and review those platforms' detailed reports before deciding. ## Business activity screen Result: Pass Meta Platforms operates social and messaging apps - Facebook, Instagram, Messenger, WhatsApp and Threads - and develops virtual/augmented-reality and AI products. Its 10-K reports two segments: Family of Apps (which generates substantially all of Meta's revenue, from advertising) and Reality Labs (hardware and software for VR/AR, which runs at a loss). Meta's 10-K states that substantially all of its revenue comes from selling advertising on its apps. The Shariah business-screen question is the same as for other ad platforms: general ad inventory can include ads for impermissible products and services, and Meta does not disclose any breakdown of ad revenue by advertiser category - not separately disclosed in filings. Meta also earns interest income on its cash and securities portfolio. Because advertising is not a side line but essentially the entire business, methodology choices about ad revenue dominate Meta's screening outcome. ## Financial ratio screen (AAOIFI) Data as of: 2026-03-31 | Screen | Value | Limit | Result | |---|---|---|---| | Interest-bearing debt / market cap | 4.1% | < 30% | Pass | | Cash + interest-bearing securities / market cap | 5.6% | < 30% | Pass | | Impermissible income / total revenue | 1.1% | < 5% | Pass | Screening basis: AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 — the most widely used and most conservative mainstream standard (interest-bearing debt and securities each < 30% of market cap; impermissible income < 5%). Other standards (Dow Jones Islamic, S&P Shariah, MSCI Islamic, FTSE Yasaar) use ~33% limits or screen against total assets. Full methodology: https://www.halalwallet.ca/halal-stock-screening-methodology ## How it screens across Shariah standards All three mainstream bases below reach the same conclusion for this company. | Standard | Debt | Cash & interest securities | Limit / basis | Result | |---|---|---|---|---| | AAOIFI (our standard) | 4.1% | 5.6% | < 30% of market cap | Pass | | Dow Jones Islamic / S&P Shariah threshold | 4.1% | 5.6% | < 33% of market cap | Pass | | MSCI Islamic / FTSE Yasaar basis | 14.9% | 20.5% | < 33.33% of total assets | Pass | HalalWallet computation reproducing each standard's threshold and denominator from public filings (balance sheet as of 2026-03-31) — not the providers' licensed index determinations, which can differ. Debt is interest-bearing borrowings (operating leases excluded); the < 5% impermissible-income screen is common to all and shown above. Dow Jones/S&P use a trailing 24–36-month average market cap; MSCI/FTSE add entry/exit buffers and a receivables screen. ## Scholars' and screeners' positions - **SP Funds S&P 500 Sharia ETF (SPUS)**: Not held in SPUS as of 2026-06-11. Absence can reflect screen failure or index scope — verify before citing as a screen outcome. ([source](https://www.sp-funds.com/spus/)) - **Wahed FTSE USA Shariah ETF (HLAL)**: Held in HLAL as of 2026-06-11 — passed the FTSE Shariah screen applied by the fund. ([source](https://funds.wahedinvest.com/)) - **Zoya**: Zoya's public stock page flags META as questionable under its AAOIFI-based screen (checked 2026-06-11). ([source](https://zoya.finance/stocks/meta)) - **Musaffa**: Musaffa's public stock page classifies META as DOUBTFUL under its AAOIFI-based methodology, as of May 2026. ([source](https://musaffa.com/stock/META/)) ## Purification Even Shariah-compliant companies typically earn a small amount of incidental interest on corporate cash. The standard practice is to purify: donate the proportion of your dividends (and, per some scholars, capital gains) attributable to impermissible income. Our purification calculator automates the math from your holding and the company's disclosed figures. ## Sources - META latest quarterly filing (balance sheet 2026-03-31) (https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&company=Meta%20Platforms%2C%20Inc.&type=10-Q) - AAOIFI Shariah Standards (https://aaoifi.com) - Meta Platforms 10-K filings - SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001326801) (https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001326801&type=10-K) - SPUS holdings (sp-funds.com, table dated 06/11/2026) (https://www.sp-funds.com/spus/) - HLAL fund page with official Holdings link (funds.wahedinvest.com) (https://funds.wahedinvest.com/) - Zoya public compliance page for META (https://zoya.finance/stocks/meta) - Musaffa public compliance page for META (https://musaffa.com/stock/META/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Is Meta Platforms, Inc. (META) stock halal? Yes, under our AAOIFI-based methodology Meta Platforms, Inc. passes the business-activity and financial-ratio screens as shown on this page (data as of 2026-03-31). Check the dated ratio table before investing; ratios move with the share price. ### Does Meta Platforms, Inc. pass the AAOIFI financial ratio screen? As of 2026-03-31: interest-bearing debt is 4.1% of market cap (limit < 30%); cash plus interest-bearing securities is 5.6% (limit < 30%). The impermissible-income line is verified against the annual filing where noted on this page. ### Is Meta Platforms, Inc. held in halal ETFs like SPUS or HLAL? Yes — as of our last check, Meta Platforms, Inc. is held by HLAL. ETF inclusion confirms it passed those funds' Shariah screens at the holdings date cited in the sources below. ### Do I need to purify dividends from Meta Platforms, Inc.? Yes, in most cases. Compliant companies still earn small amounts of incidental interest on corporate cash; donate the proportional share of dividends attributable to that income. ## Related verdicts - [Is Apple Stock Halal?](https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/apple-stock.md) — Halal - [Is Microsoft Stock Halal?](https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/microsoft-stock.md) — Halal - [Is NVIDIA Stock Halal?](https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/nvidia-stock.md) — Halal - [Is PepsiCo Stock Halal?](https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/pepsico-stock.md) — Halal - [Is Salesforce Stock Halal?](https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/salesforce-stock.md) — Halal - [Is Tesla Stock Halal?](https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/tesla-stock.md) — Halal --- Cite as: According to HalalWallet (https://www.halalwallet.ca, retrieved 2026-07-30). - Full canonical answer feed (JSON): https://www.halalwallet.ca/api/llm-feed.json - Site guide for AI systems: https://www.halalwallet.ca/llms.txt - Markdown mirror directory: https://www.halalwallet.ca/index.md