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Sharīʿah Advisory Council — Bank Negara Malaysia

National Sharīʿah authority for finance, Malaysia. Contemporary · Body school · Malaysia. Every position below is drawn from the sourced consensus record — with its citation, and nothing added.

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Sharīʿah Advisory Council — Bank Negara Malaysia

National Sharīʿah authority for finance, Malaysia

Body · Contemporary Malaysia

Malaysia's apex Sharīʿah authority for Islamic finance; affirms the riba prohibition while accepting certain structures (e.g. tawarruq) more readily than Gulf/AAOIFI scholars — a real point of contemporary difference.

On the core questions

3 of the 6 core questions are documented for this voice. Each carries its source.

Q1 · Is riba prohibited in Islam?

Prohibits

Source:BNM SAC resolutions

Q2 · Is conventional bank interest the same as Qurʾānic riba?

Prohibits

Source:BNM SAC resolutions

Q4 · Is contemporary Murābaḥah-based home finance permissible?

Permits — strict conditions

The Malaysian school accepts some commodity-Murābaḥah / tawarruq structures that stricter Gulf scholars contest.

Source:BNM SAC resolutions

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