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MURABAHA

BY
MUHAMMAD SHEHARYAR
DEFINE MURABAHA

• “Murabahah” is, in fact, a term of Islamic Fiqh and it refers to a


particular kind of sale having nothing to do with financing in its
original sense. If a seller agrees with his purchaser to provide him
a specific commodity on a certain profit added to his cost, it is
called a murabahah transaction.
KEY POINTS

• Interest-bearing loans are prohibited


under Islam’s Sharia law.

• In Islamic finance, murabaha


financing is used in place of loans.
• Murabaha is also referred to as cost-plus financing because it
includes a profit markup in the transaction rather than
interest.

• A seller and buyer agree to the cost and the markup, which
are then paid in installments.
USE OF MURABAHA

• The murabaha form of financing is typically used in place of loans


in diverse sectors. For example, consumers use murabaha when
purchasing household appliances, cars, or real estate. 
EXAMPLE OF MURABAHA

• Example of Murabaha
• Bilal would like to buy a boat that sells for $100,000 from Billy's Boat Shop.
To do so, Bilal would contact a murabaha bank, that would buy the boat from
Billy's Boat Shop for $100,000 and sell it to Bilal for $109,000, to be paid in
installments over a three year period.

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