Is MSFT halal?
Microsoft Corporation
Halal
Microsoft Corporation passed every check under AAOIFI Shariah standard No. 21: no prohibited business activity, and all three financial ratios are within limits.
Checked: 14 October 2026
Exchange
NASDAQ
Price
529.05
Day
-1.93%
Market cap
$4.01T
Industry
Software - Infrastructure
Sector
Technology
What the company does
Microsoft makes Windows, Office/Microsoft 365, the Azure cloud platform, LinkedIn, GitHub, Xbox and Copilot AI. Most of its money comes from Azure cloud services and business Microsoft 365 subscriptions; it is OpenAI's largest investor.
What was checked
The AAOIFI standard has four steps: business activity first, then three financial ratios. Fail one and the stock is not halal.
Business activity
No prohibited activity
Interest-bearing debt / market cap
limit 30%
Interest-bearing debt $40.29B ÷ 36-month average market cap $3184.29B = 1.3%
1.3%
Pass
Cash & investments / market cap
limit 30%
Cash + interest-bearing securities $85.76B ÷ 36-month average market cap $3184.29B = 2.7%
2.7%
Pass
Non-compliant income / total revenue
limit 5%
Interest income $3.30B ÷ annual revenue $331.84B (2026) = 1.0%
1.0%
Pass
Figures from the company's filings (2026-06-30), USD. Market cap is a 36-month average (the S&P Shariah index approach), so a one-day price move does not flip the verdict. Today's market cap: $4009.13B.
For information (AAOIFI 3/1 note): cash + receivables are 20.8% of total assets (2026-06-30). AAOIFI recommends tangible assets of at least one third — this figure does not affect the verdict, and other major screeners do not apply it either.
In the lists
- In the S&P 500
- 6.01% weight · #3 of 503
- Among halal stocks
- 5.87% · #5 of 1454
- Held by funds
- SPUS 10.19% · SPTE 9.94% · HLAL 9.40%
- Dividend
- 0.67% · purify 1.0% · net 0.67%
Superinvestors
SEC 13F, 2026 Q3. Up to 45 days delayed.Held by 35 superinvestors · Average reported price: $364.65
- AltaRock Partners$870.8M20.5%
- Bill AckmanPershing Square Capital Management$2.3B11.9%
- Triple Frond Partners$131K11.7%
- Vulcan Value Partners$368.1M11.2%
- David KatzMatrix Asset Advisors$88.7M7.3%
- Dennis HongShawSpring Partners$17.0M7.3%
Exited this quarter: Chris Hohn, David Tepper, John Rogers
All superinvestor portfolios
Company story
Microsoft tarixi: "o'ldi" deb hisoblangan gigant qanday qilib ikkinchi marta dunyo cho'qqisiga chiqdi
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