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Zakat of Exchange Traded Funds زكاة صناديق المؤشرات

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  • Mohammad Al-Suhaibani

    (Professor of SABIC Chair for Islamic Financial Markets Studies, College of Economics & Administrative Sciences, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

  • Abdullah Al-Ghufaili

    (Assistant Professor, Department of Comparative Jurisprudence, Higher Judicial Institute, Al Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islamic University (IMSIU), Riyadh, Saudi Arabia)

Abstract

The paper explores the economic structures of the Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) that have been launched recently in the Saudi Capital Market, in order to examine the type of zakat payable by the trader of ETF unit. The paper concluded that ETFs are a special type of investment funds characterized by passive management, which evidently impact the fiqh ruling regarding their Zakat. The passive management excludes both the intent for trading and the trading itself by the fund manager. As such, zakat ruling will depend on the intent and action of the trader of ETF units and on whether the zakat of fund assets already paid or not. If (1) the trader intends to purchase ETF units for investment, (2) he do not trade them contrary to this intention and (3) the zakat of fund assets is already paid, then the ETF trader do not need to pay zakat on all ETF unites owned by him. Otherwise, if the zakat of fund assets is not already paid, the ETF trader need to pay the zakat and the amount of zakat will depend in this case on the type of fund assets. The paper shows that this fiqh ruling encourages the financial investment in ETFs compared to the prevailing fiqh opinion that dose not differentiate between ETFs and other mutual fund in term of zakat. استعرض البحث صناديق المؤشرات المتداولة (Exchange Traded Funds-ETF) التي تم إدراجها مؤخرًا في السوق المالية السعودية، من حيث خصائصها الاقتصادية مقارنة بصناديق الاستثمار المشتركة (Mutual Funds)، ثم ركز على بيان حكم زكاتها في ضوء هذه الخصائص. وقد توصل البحث إلى أن صناديق المؤشرات المتداولة نوع خاص من صناديق الاستثمار تتميز بإدارة خاملة، بصفة أن مديرها ملتزم بمتابعة مؤشر معين، وأن هذه الخاصية لها أثر في الحكم بنوع الزكاة الواجبة في وحداتها المتداولة ومقدارها. حيث إن هذه الخاصية تستبعد ابتداء نية وعمل التجارة من قبل مدير الصندوق، ما يجعل الحكم بزكاتها يعتمد على نية وعمل متداول وحداتها، وعلى ما إذا كانت أصولها مزكاة من عدمه. فإذا كان المتداول (1) ينوي بشراء وحدات صندوق المؤشر الاستثمار، (2) ولم يخالف هذه النية بالمتاجرة فيها، (3) وكانت أصول الصندوق مزكاة، فلا يجب على المتداول في هذه الحالة إخراج الزكاة عن ما يملكه من وحدات الصندوق. أما إن كانت أصول الصندوق غير مزكاة فيزكيها حسب طبيعة نشاط الصندوق. وقد بين البحث أن هذا الحكم يؤثر في قرارات الاستثمار المالي لأنه يشجع الاستثمار في وحدات صناديق المؤشرات مقارنة بالرأي الفقهي السائد الذي يوجب فيها زكاة عروض التجارة كبقية صناديق الاستثمار، خاصة وأن هذه الصناديق تتفوق على نظيرتها من الصناديق التقليدية بعدة مزايا من أبرزها السيولة والشفافية وانخفاض رسوم الإدارة.

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  • Mohammad Al-Suhaibani & Abdullah Al-Ghufaili, 2013. "Zakat of Exchange Traded Funds زكاة صناديق المؤشرات," Journal of King Abdulaziz University: Islamic Economics, King Abdulaziz University, Islamic Economics Institute., vol. 26(2), pages 4-42, July.
  • Handle: RePEc:abd:kauiea:v:26:y:2013:i:2:no:1:p:4-42
    DOI: 10.4197/Islec.26-2.1
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