--- title: "Is NVIDIA Stock Halal?" canonical: https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/nvidia-stock publisher: HalalWallet license: CC BY 4.0 verdict: halal verdict_label: Halal entity_type: stock ticker: NVDA exchange: NASDAQ last_reviewed: 2026-06-14 data_as_of: 2026-04-26 standards_disagree: false authorities_with_position: 4 authority_agreement: unanimous --- # Is NVIDIA Stock Halal? **Authority consensus:** All 4 halal screening authorities with a published position rate NVIDIA Corporation halal. **Verdict: Halal** (Generally permissible) NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) passes our AAOIFI-based screen. Its core business is permissible, and (data as of 2026-04-26) interest-bearing debt is 0.2% of market cap and cash plus interest-bearing securities 1.6% — both inside the 30% AAOIFI thresholds. It is independently held by Shariah-screened ETF SPUS, 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 NVIDIA designs the GPUs and networking systems at the center of the AI buildout; its Data Center platform now generates the large majority of revenue, with Gaming, Professional Visualization and Automotive making up the rest. From a business-screen standpoint NVIDIA is one of the cleaner mega-caps: it sells hardware and software platforms, not advertising, lending, or entertainment content. The one line scholars sometimes discuss is Gaming, since GeForce GPUs are bought primarily to play video games; most screening methodologies treat general-purpose hardware as permissible even when end users may use it for games with objectionable content, but stricter individual scholars occasionally take a different view. Financially, NVIDIA carries low debt relative to its enormous market value and holds a large cash and investments portfolio that produces interest income - the standard incidental-interest situation that calls for purifying a small portion of returns. As of June 11, 2026, the retail AAOIFI screeners are aligned: Zoya rates NVIDIA Shariah-compliant and Musaffa classifies it as halal. The index picture contains one notable wrinkle: SPUS (S&P Shariah screen) holds NVIDIA as its single largest position, but NVIDIA does not appear in HLAL's official holdings as of the same date, meaning it is not currently in the FTSE Shariah USA index that HLAL tracks. FTSE/Yasaar do not publish per-stock screening explanations, so the basis for that exclusion cannot be verified from public sources - but it is a useful reminder that even a widely-passed stock can fall outside one standard's quantitative thresholds at a given review. Investors who follow the FTSE standard specifically should note the discrepancy; those following AAOIFI-based screeners or the S&P Shariah methodology currently have documented support for treating NVIDIA as compliant. ## Business activity screen Result: Pass NVIDIA designs GPUs and full-stack accelerated-computing platforms. Its 10-K reports two segments - Compute & Networking and Graphics - and discusses revenue by market platform: Data Center (AI/accelerated computing, now the dominant business), Gaming (GeForce GPUs), Professional Visualization, Automotive, and OEM & Other. NVIDIA's products are hardware and software platforms, which are broadly permissible. The line most discussed in Shariah screening is Gaming - GeForce GPUs sold for video-game use - though most methodologies treat selling general-purpose gaming hardware differently from publishing game content, and many do not count it as impermissible at all. NVIDIA also earns interest income on its large cash and marketable-securities portfolio (incidental, subject to purification). No revenue line in NVIDIA's filings is identified as directly impermissible; advertising, lending and entertainment-content businesses are absent. ## Financial ratio screen (AAOIFI) Data as of: 2026-04-26 | Screen | Value | Limit | Result | |---|---|---|---| | Interest-bearing debt / market cap | 0.2% | < 30% | Pass | | Cash + interest-bearing securities / market cap | 1.6% | < 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) | 0.2% | 1.6% | < 30% of market cap | Pass | | Dow Jones Islamic / S&P Shariah threshold | 0.2% | 1.6% | < 33% of market cap | Pass | | MSCI Islamic / FTSE Yasaar basis | 3.3% | 31.1% | < 33.33% of total assets | Pass | HalalWallet computation reproducing each standard's threshold and denominator from public filings (balance sheet as of 2026-04-26) — 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)**: Held in SPUS as of 2026-06-11 — passed the S&P Shariah screen applied by the fund. ([source](https://www.sp-funds.com/spus/)) - **Wahed FTSE USA Shariah ETF (HLAL)**: Not held in HLAL as of 2026-06-11. Absence can reflect screen failure or index scope — verify before citing as a screen outcome. ([source](https://funds.wahedinvest.com/)) - **Zoya**: Zoya's public stock page rates NVDA Shariah-compliant under its AAOIFI-based screen (checked 2026-06-11). ([source](https://zoya.finance/stocks/nvda)) - **Musaffa**: Musaffa's public stock page classifies NVDA as HALAL under its AAOIFI-based methodology, as of February 2026. ([source](https://musaffa.com/stock/NVDA/)) - **Zoya blog**: Zoya's blog post 'Top Rated Halal Stocks to Buy in 2026' lists NVIDIA with Shariah compliance marked compliant at time of publication. ([source](https://blog.zoya.finance/top-rated-halal-stocks/)) ## 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 - NVDA latest quarterly filing (balance sheet 2026-04-26) (https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&company=NVIDIA%20Corporation&type=10-Q) - AAOIFI Shariah Standards (https://aaoifi.com) - NVIDIA 10-K filings - SEC EDGAR (CIK 0001045810) (https://www.sec.gov/cgi-bin/browse-edgar?action=getcompany&CIK=0001045810&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 NVDA (https://zoya.finance/stocks/nvda) - Musaffa public compliance page for NVDA (https://musaffa.com/stock/NVDA/) - Zoya blog - Top Rated Halal Stocks 2026 (https://blog.zoya.finance/top-rated-halal-stocks/) ## Frequently asked questions ### Is NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA) stock halal? Yes, under our AAOIFI-based methodology NVIDIA Corporation passes the business-activity and financial-ratio screens as shown on this page (data as of 2026-04-26). Check the dated ratio table before investing; ratios move with the share price. ### Does NVIDIA Corporation pass the AAOIFI financial ratio screen? As of 2026-04-26: interest-bearing debt is 0.2% of market cap (limit < 30%); cash plus interest-bearing securities is 1.6% (limit < 30%). The impermissible-income line is verified against the annual filing where noted on this page. ### Is NVIDIA Corporation held in halal ETFs like SPUS or HLAL? Yes — as of our last check, NVIDIA Corporation is held by SPUS. 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 NVIDIA Corporation? 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 Meta Platforms Stock Halal?](https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/meta-platforms-stock.md) — Halal - [Is Microsoft Stock Halal?](https://www.halalwallet.ca/is-it-halal/microsoft-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