Inclusion here is a recommendation, not an endorsement of every position taken by the named scholar, fatwa body, or platform. As with everything on this site: read the source, verify, and judge for yourself. Suggest additions to /colophon.
Allied resources
The brothers and sisters doing this work elsewhere — globally, decades before Riba-Free Journey existed. The word needs to spread everywhere. Honest shoutouts to the people whose work made this site possible.
Platform· 7
Islamic Finance Guru (IFG)
UK · global readership
The gold-standard English-language Islamic finance journalism. Mortgage reviews, halal investment listings, business funding deep-dives — all done with rigour and zero marketing-speak.
ShoutoutMohsin Patel and Ibrahim Khan have set the bar that Riba-Free Journey aspires to.
Wahed Educate / Wahed Invest
USA · UK · global
The most accessible halal investing platform globally — automated, AAOIFI-screened portfolios at low minimums. Also publishes high-quality educational content.
ShoutoutThe reason a first-time halal investor can start with a small amount within an hour.
Practical Islamic Finance
USA · global YouTube
Rakaan Kayali's relentless work on the halalness of individual stocks, ETFs, business structures — published continuously, mostly free.
ShoutoutIf you watch only one YouTube channel on this topic, watch this one.
Amana Mutual Funds (Saturna)
USA · global
Three decades of Shariah-screened US mutual funds — Amana Growth, Amana Income, Amana Developing World. Long track record.
ShoutoutThe original halal mutual-fund family in the English-speaking world.
Crescent Wealth
Australia
Australia's major halal super fund. Fully audited and screened. Cornerstone of the AU halal-investment story.
ShoutoutThe reason an Australian Muslim can have a fully halal super today.
Hayat Wallet
Australia
Newer-generation AU halal financial platform — savings, investments, Islamic-finance-compatible payment rails.
ShoutoutAn encouraging sign that the AU halal fintech scene is finally moving.
Salaam Sukuk / Salaam Wealth
Australia
Australian sukūk and Shariah-compliant wealth-management services. Smaller player; useful for sukūk access.
ShoutoutNiche but real; worth knowing for the sukūk side of a portfolio.
Scholar· 5
Joe Bradford
USA · global
AAOIFI Shariah Standards translator. Contemporary American faqīh writing English-first on practical Islamic finance for working Muslims in the West.
ShoutoutThe Joe Bradford Podcast and his fatwa-style Q&A are required listening.
Mufti Faraz Adam
UK · global
Specialist in modern financial instruments — crypto, DeFi, structured products, super-funds — from a serious classical foundation.
ShoutoutThe contemporary scholar willing to engage with cryptocurrency on its actual technical merits, not its caricature.
Sh. Yasir Qadhi
USA · global
Accessible English-language scholarship across the full spectrum, including the riba/ḍarūra discussions specific to Western Muslims.
ShoutoutHis MuslimMatters lecture archive is a public good.
Sh. Akram Nadwi
UK · global
Classical Hanafi training meets contemporary western sensibility. Especially strong on the maqāṣid framing that underpins the prohibition of riba.
ShoutoutAl-Salam Institute is producing the next generation of serious Western scholars.
Mufti Taqi Usmani
Pakistan · global
The contemporary world's most-cited authority on Islamic finance. His An Introduction to Islamic Finance remains the essential textbook.
ShoutoutEvery halal-finance debate in English eventually cites his rulings.
Fatwa body· 3
AMJA — Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America
USA · global
Major North American fatwa council. Searchable English-language fatwa archive specifically tuned to Western Muslim financial realities.
ShoutoutWhen you want a fatwa with names on it, this is where to look.
AAOIFI
Bahrain · global standard-setter
The international standard-setter for Islamic finance — their Shariah Standards are the substrate that any serious provider audit checks against.
ShoutoutThe reference framework cited throughout the Riba-Free Journey /audit section.
Dar al-Iftaa al-Misriyyah
Egypt · Arabic + English
Major Sunni fatwa institution. Useful for cross-checking contemporary rulings across legal schools.
ShoutoutThe institutional weight a household-level decision sometimes needs.
Tool· 3
Zoya
USA · global app
Halal stock screener — type any ticker, get an AAOIFI-aligned compliance verdict in seconds. The reference app for individual halal investors.
ShoutoutMakes "is this stock halal?" a five-second question instead of an afternoon of research.
Musaffa
USA · global
Halal stock screener + brokerage + analytics platform. Heavy emphasis on transparency about screening methodology.
ShoutoutOne of the best-engineered halal-finance apps in the market.
IdealRatings
USA · global · institutional
Institutional-grade halal-investment screening data — the engine behind several halal ETFs and screening apps.
ShoutoutThe data backbone that many of the consumer apps rely on.
Research· 3
Sh. Omar Suleiman / Yaqeen Institute
USA · global
Peer-reviewed Islamic research in English — including financial-ethics and consumer-finance papers grounded in the classical sources.
ShoutoutThe publishing infrastructure the rest of us learn from.
ISRA — International Shariah Research Academy
Malaysia · global research
Major Islamic-finance research institution. Publishes the technical literature that informs everything else.
ShoutoutIf you want to read the actual papers behind a ruling, ISRA is often the source.
Al-Maghrib Institute
USA · global
Mass-accessible classical-Islamic education for Western Muslims. Their fiqh-of-finance modules are practical and well-taught.
ShoutoutThe classroom for tens of thousands of Western Muslims; we owe much of the foundational fiqh literacy in our generation to AlMaghrib.
Community· 2
MuslimMatters
USA · global community blog
Long-running English-language Muslim community blog with regular Islamic-finance coverage — including practical mortgage-exit perspectives.
ShoutoutWhere many Western Muslims first encountered the serious version of this conversation.
Productive Muslim
Global
The personal-finance-meets-Islamic-discipline community. Less academic, more practical.
ShoutoutThe on-ramp for many Muslims into the wealth-building side of riba-free life.
If you run a sister site
We want to link to you. We want to send people to you. The riba-free movement is too small, and the work too important, for any tribal competition between sites. Two ways to coordinate:
- Suggest an addition — email the address on /colophon with the name, URL, one-line description, and the single thing you do better than anyone else. We add it.
- Link back — if any specific page on Riba-Free Journey is the best practical resource on a given topic for your audience, link to it. We will reciprocate from this page.
The bigger picture
Riba-Free Journey is now a global project with dedicated editions for Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada — each with its own provider audit, tax-account guidance, and local market reality, while the religious foundation, the consensus of scholars, and the structural audit methodology stay shared. Switch editions any time from the flag menu, top-right. More countries (EU, South Africa, New Zealand) are on the roadmap, and co-builders for any market are warmly welcomed — the work is fundamentally replicable. Get in touch if you want to help bring an honest riba-free resource to your country.
The Prophet ﷺ said: "The believers, in their mutual love, mercy, and compassion, are like a single body — if one limb aches, the whole body shares in the fever and sleeplessness." (Saḥīḥ al-Bukhārī 6011). The riba-free movement is one limb. Strengthening allied resources strengthens the whole.