Man spoke facts in the beginning. It’s always good to know the reasoning of why something is okay or not. Love your videos and your guidance to halal investing🙏
Well put. Proof of Stake is principally involved with ensuring the transaction history is accurate, secure, and consistent. You are being compensated by using your ownership of a cryptocurrency to verify transactions not for lending it to someone else.
@@فُلان-ه4ث Staking and interest are separate. The label interest is used very liberally in some contexts because both staking and interest rate calculate using percent. But the easiest way to tell is if you know what your currency is being used for. If your currency is used to support verifying transactions in a defined protocol (like Proof of Stake), then it is NOT interest- like Algorand for instance. On the other hand, cryptocurrencies like Dai compensate you for lending your cryptocurrency to others (whether its to finance someone or provide liquidity), in that case, it IS interest because you're always expecting the repayment of the principal you lent out. I'm not familiar with blockfi (I use coinbase), but if your getting a percentage rate for lending your crypto to blockfi or to other wallets, that seems like interest to me (in my own opinion).
@@nicCleansing I don't think staking AAVE is halal since that protocol involves borrowing and lending (Riba). Why would you help maintain the network of something that does haram activities? Staking is not haram itself. It just depends which coins you are staking.
JzakAllah my dear brother for entertaining this request and question. When scholars in my country Pakistan are still debating whether bitcoin is halal or not, you are the need of time so our Ummah is not left behind, financial matters being one of them. They had declared the microphone to be haram too. Muslims of old were synonymous with progress and innovation but now we are plagued with sectarianism and short sightedness. May Allah help us rectify our affairs, attain the inevitable status and lost glory of the Ummah and grant us abundant halal rizq and may He shower you and your parents your family and loved ones with blessings in this world and the next. Ameen.
Subhanallah, I thought it was haram becajse we are getting rich just because u have money... Thx for explanation brother... May allah reward you nd bless you with bitcoins
In English they call APY an interest, but it's not really interest. You earn APY from the transactions, which is pure business not interest. Earning APY by staking can not be haram, cuz these staking currency is not lend to other to generate interest.
Hi Rakaan. I suggest in the same vein you study and tell us about DeFi, smart contracts, and maybe if youre interested in other cryptos as an investment because of that :)
Makes a lot of sense, thank you, but I would rather hear from someone who has studied Islamic finance in an established Islamic institute. Jazak'Allah Khayran
In some Proof of Stake protocols like Cardano, a pool that has a large number of coins will get saturated and the rewards of that pool will diminish. This was designed I think to address the possibility of large players controlling the network, and further incentivizes the creation of more smaller staking pools.
Just something to note that some Staking facilitators, like Exchanges, do pay out interest and not only the staking rewards because they use the staked amount in lending etc.. it's better to investigate the APY source before delegating coins for staking
I was confused for a while but after learning for myself, I realised that, contrary to other brothers feeling it is haram because, imho, they misunderstood it as interest, which it is not. Although it is very easy to think of it as the same. Most of the time i think its simply a lack of understanding of the nature of blockchain, cryptocurrency technology and the difference between Proof of Work and Proof of Staking, between miners and validators. Thank you for your content because it is very similar to my own lines of thought and understanding, which is humbly very minimal. Wallahu'alam!
Thanks, yes this is very accurate description. Staking is more closer to investment. There is No harm being done to anyone and it got a purpose. Think of it like adding improvements to your house by spending money, by doing so you increase the value of your house. When you stake you are investing in improving the ecosystem of the cryptocurrency. So the act of staking itself seems permissible. The cryptocurrency itself, that's a different discussion altogether.
Yes you are right! Staking is basically a solution to mining which is costly and especially energy hungry activity. It is a much more efficient alternative to transacting, securing and validating blockchains in the network.
@@practicalislamicfinanceIf im not mistaken there is 20 million bitcoins in total and if you stake bitcoin for example, where would the bitcoin reward come from? is it created out of thin air, if so then how is there only 20 millions in circulation, i mean the rewards has to come from somewhere
Crypto may cause harm to someone else's life when the price of crypto goes up because of staking and the person who is purchasing with such crypto is affected
Alhamdulillah for this video , I was afraid of sticking anything even though I knew staking could support the blockchain and also I can throw it in a pool as well. Unfortunately I am still nervous but I'm now totally a little bit confident because of this video alhamdulillah
Maa Shaa Allah, Before I watched this, I really think staking crypto is riba, my friends always advise me to stake my crypto but I didn't do that thinking that I might fall to riba, but now I can finally stake my Crypto without thinking that I might fall into riba. Jazakallahu khairan jaza for this useful information brother!
Its not a one size fits all. You have to look at the specifics of each case. PoS is not implemented identically on all cryptos. I agree that most staking is probably halal, but some platforms are blatantly riba as they are just using the term staking instead of interest (some even use the term interchangeably). The way it is setup on some platforms (like crypto.com), you are actually giving them a loan in return of a guranteed/fixed interest rate. They are free to do with the money/crypto what they want and not actually use it to stake on a paticular network. In my opinion one should stand clear of any lending platform - if you can take a loan on their platform, your crypto is probably being used to lend out to others at an even higher interest rate.
تبارك الله عليك، ما شاء الله! بعد مشاهدتي لهذا المقطع تبين لي أنه لا يمكن إطلاق الأحكام الشرعية إلا بعد التمكن من المجال المعني بشكل عمييييق، للأسف هذا ما يحدث في منطقتنا العربية، الشيوخ سرعان ما يطلقون أحكام الحرام بدون فهم للمجال.
Jzk for the simplified explanation, I will just like to add that in addition to been rewarded for securing the blockchain network, users of such secured network pay fees which gets shared to the stalkers... This way its value chain established in sha Allah. Allah knows best.
Guys, I'm totally confused. Sometimes I say It's not haram because It's not me who initiated the haram contract I'm just receiving PoS rewards + fees of the system or blockchain which acts as a transaction ground which I am contributing in its stability so I deserve the reward and sometimes I say it's clearly haram because a percentage of the revenue is earned by haram processes and I'm receiving a portion of it! , If anyone has reached a decision please share it with me but with a clear justification.
Mashaallah great explanation, jazakaallah. Please can you explain in layman terms what zakat is paid on crypto and how is it calculated? For example would you pay it on staked tokens? Is it based on the value it was bought, sold or the value at the time zakat is paid? As it fluctuates quite a bit, its hard to know which to do! Thanks again for this you have just got yourself another subscriber!
@@AlexanderGent I think yes of course because it's still your wealth thanks to Allah : if you wanted, you could choose to take it out and use it elsewhere, that money's bot lost. It's your choice to have put it there, but it's still part of your wealth. The principle of zakat is that Allah has Blessed us with more money than many people, so that He will Bless us further if we obey Him and share 2,5% of that wealth with the needy. Zakat also purifies all the rest of your wealth inshaAllah.
My understanding is that when u stake a coin it produces a block chain for that coin similar like mining then that reward is given to u in terms of other coin or that same coin so staking is halal it doesnt lends money to someone then there is no riba involved int it
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Can you answer this please? If there is tax on staking. And that tax goes to the staking liquidity pool, the place where rewards are coming from to everyone staking… is that still halal?
Jazakallah for the great work. I have one additional question regarding staking. When we stake we lock up our tokens on the network to assist with transaction validation and in return, are rewarded with additional tokens. How do we know that the transactions which are being validated are shariah compliant transactions? In most, if not all, PoS blockchains transactions are bundled into blocks so each block could contain a number of non-shariah compliant transactions which are then validated and rewards are earned. Almost all PoS blockchains have several haraam protocols so there is a high likelihood that each block contains haraam transactions. Since we don't know if the transactions we are validating are shariah compliant or not, can we still say that staking rewards are halaal? Would love your opinion on this.
@@kerem44443 Could not find a satisfactory answer so I stopped staking my tokens. I'm not a scholar but in my opinion if we don't know exactly what we are validating then we shouldn't stake tokens. There are some DePIN networks that don't have any DeFi protocols built on them so perhaps it's halaal to stake on those networks but check this for yourself.
@@hussainkhan2513 hey man i was thinking about this for a few days and heres what i think so if staking is haram because we may be validating gambling transactions etc is flying in a plane haram? cuz when you are flying in the plane you help the plane company earn profit and other passangers may be carrrying alcohol in their luggages and so you are helping the plane company carry alcohol? or lets say you are just buying and selling solana coin there is a gambling platform on the solana chain and when you buy and sell solana you increase the daily volume of solana and therefore you help it become more popular and there is a gambling platfrm on solana so are you helping the gambling platform also become more popular? i think that we are kind of reaching here about this whole staking thing id llike to hear your reply on this these are just my thoughts though
Thanks for sharing, Jazak allah khair. Its clear as you described that staking Layer 1 blockchain currencies would help secure the the blockchain network itself. but what about the layer 2 tokens which are built on top of layer 1 network, those tokens when staked they provide mainly liquidity not security as the security is part of the layer 1 I believe, so in this case do we also consider staking layer 2 tokens Halal as well by just providing liquidity ?
Thanks for such an amazing video. I want to stake all my coins as well. Which platforms do you recommend to stake? I previously staked my coins with Binance, but later I unstaked them. Because they said that they give 'interests' inside that 'reward'. I had to chat with them for hours just to make sure that they are not giving me any interests. When they made sure, I immediate unstaked every coins. Binance's response was: ‘About your main concern was, you just want to make sure that you'll get a reward on staking instead of interest? The answer is No, if there are other coin airdrops for the coin he is staking he will get reward+interest, but if there are none, he will only get interest.’ I would appreciate if your could share with us a list of websites who we can stake with and who would guarantee that my coins will NOT be used to give borrow to someone. I wanted to make sure that I get rewards, not interests. Thank you for your kind cooperation.
As Salamu Alejkum brother. Is Reflections earnings HALAL? It is transaction fees rewards. I asked actual devs of the projects. They said There is no borrowing or lending on reflections. Its a redistrubution of tax (sales tax). Small percentage from sales are going to your wallet. I look it as affiliate earnings since same with affiliate system you get percentage of earnings from transaction fees. So far nobody answered this topic in islamic world. Some crypto projects strictly do say that their yield farming and staking have INTEREST fees since they borrow your crypto and loan to others with interest etc. While reflections earnings are completely different thing. Please make video about this. Since new projects are emerging with Reflections earnings. P.S. I dont have doubts in this and I 100% feel it is HALAL since people of the projects told me multiply times it is not INTEREST based earnings etc. I done all I have could. 1. I asked the devs does it have Interest earnings, they said NO. 2. They told me it is earnings per sales, no lending or borrowing cryptos with interest! 3. It is crypto coins as MCC or CCF which are on BSC blockchain PoS-a network system
I do not know whether you are going to keep making videos answering these burning questions from muslims. But know that this has been of immense help. I searched for months to get this info, and could almost not find it anywhere. You can for example make a video about "are utility tokens halal?" Like Eth, chainlink, icx, these fall under the utility tokens. I mean just look at the like and dislike ratio on this video. Proof that there is demand for such videos. Jazakallahu gairan.
great video my friend ! logical, i wanted to stake SOL on BINANCE yet was not sure of haram/halal thing...many say staking via VALIDATOR is haram, and halal if done via POOL,....anyways thanks
Staking gives us sure rewards. Doesn't matter if that is crypto or real money. We are holding our money or asset (Crypto) for a sure rewards which doesn't have any risk. Simply you can hold your asset (crypto - virtual asset) and might get profit or loss. On the other hand we are not allowed to hold it for a sure return, this works same as bank. This is just my opinion. Thanks.
Thank you for another fabulous video, brother. I always enjoy your content and get so much out of it. I've learned a tremendous amount just from your free content, and it makes me want to purchase the additional content you have available soon. I'll look forward to that.
thank God i found your channel, i can not stop watching your videos and learning from your knowledge, May Allah increase you in that. ameen just a small question comes to my mind, doesnt it the same for saving accounts in bank, which is not a loan to anyone but you get interest every month or year according to the amount you have put it. would love you to shed some light on that. jzk khair
Salam Rakaan, Please can you enlighten us on investing in DeFi projects in your next video, especially staking involving liquidity and yield farming. Thank you
How will you compare fixed deposit in commercial banks for an interest which is RIBA , and staking (locked fund ) for profit too. What is the difference?
Love your insight on cryptocurrency... maybe you can have a long in depth general crypto market ethics overview... being an active Bitcoin investor for few years, with average trading experience. I am seeking to day trade it, do not understand whether leverage trading is halal or if only spot trading (non lvg) is allowed. Additionally, the trading fees and the positive negative funding rates associated with the leveraged crypto trading platforms like binance bybit and also dex (decentralized exchanges) platforms with lvg and non lvg like (uniswap) .. coingecko js great for a detail breakdown list... Also perhaps general and more in depth understandings of defi token mechanics.. ex I understand coins with however large the marketcaps may be that are lending platform startups within crypto coins cannot be held or day traded on spot either because they have a negative utility however other emerging crypto sectors like NFT coins that add brand value ownership and exchange or coins that are for identity governance or ethereum smart contract competitors or first third party oracle platforms. A lot of clarity on these matters must be made and it seems you are definitely the one to help us out. Can’t wait for your next upload and perhaps with the total crypto market cap growing to the multiple of trillions if you add a crypto portfolio as well to your site I will for sure join the subscription but some of these basic and advanced all in one or detail styled analysis breakdown videos indeed would be a great blessing for the millions if Muslims in the space or deciding if they should get into it. Appreciate whatever you may provide insight for in our Islamic understanding of the emerging phenomenon of modern finance tech and it’s relation to our dear ethics. Please keep us posted, whether that’s twitter where crypto is heavily discussed day to day or your youtube community. JazakAllah may Allah grant you immense blessings in your life and provide us all clarity.
Thanks for the informative vid, as you described staking it sounds very similar to being rewarded with *interest* when you hold your money in a bank account and the reward is from the bank who dictate the level of interest payed...is that the same as staking?
I think think it's not d same. In d case of Bank, u put Ur money in fixed deposit which gives d bank d assurance that u would not need d money for d said period of time, as such they use d money in business and shares d (profit & not loss) with u. In short, they promise an interest amount that they are not sure to make & if they make that interest, it'd because they lend the money to someone else and ask the person to give back the money with interest or forfeit there collateral or there guarantor losses his/her asset.
Yield farming actually DOES involve the lending of cryptocurrency....so therefore...based on this particular stance...it is of a different nature and would most likely not be halal. I've read that it is not before...but now that I have seen this video...I understand that there is a real difference between staking and yield farming. And Allah knows best.
Do you know if covered calls (and maybe "poor mans" covered calls) are allowed? There is very low risk involved, and both sides of the trade are aware of a set date and benefits financially. If you can point to a source that will help alot. Jazak!
Thanks bro, but i think the staking itself is two types and the type you are explaining is only PoS which I agree with you 100% is not haram. But the interesting thing is staking in cex (like binance or gateio) this exchange's staking is totally different from the PoS. They are like borrowers, and when you stake your coins in that exchange you will get predefined x% of return from that time you staking, so here in the exchange we have two things, they are borrowers, and you are already told how many x% you will get after staking ends, which it sounds like Interest in my opinion. What is your opinion staking in cex?
I love your videos brother. Thank you for taking an analytical and objective view of financial instruments. On BlockFi, it says "earn interest" but do you know if it is a reward for staking as mentioned in this video or is it, in fact, riba? I've been keeping a record of the interest earned so far because I wasnt sure if i should be donating it at the end of financial year or if i can keep it as a reward. Thank you
Following this question for an answer. I am also wondering does this include holding Bitcoin with BlockFi and getting reward. Your exact point the terminology on BlockFi says “interest earned”. Brother please see if you can help on this. Jzk
@@suvadaarnautovic8977 I have looked into this - and it is SPECIFIC to BlockFi and not your usual staking with Ethereum/Cardano etc. With BlockFi, your returns come directly as a result of BlockFi lending to borrowers at a higher rate than you are receiving. So, I believe that returns of BlockFi is riba hence we are not allowed to keep it and should be flushed to a charity with the good deeds not counting to us.
So the premise of the argument here is that staking isn't riba because it isnt a loan. And it isnt a loan because there's no counterparty, aka there's no borrower. But can you prove from the juridical texts that there needs to be a human counterparty in order for riba to occur? Why can't a software be considered a valid recipient of a loan?
Man spoke facts in the beginning. It’s always good to know the reasoning of why something is okay or not. Love your videos and your guidance to halal investing🙏
Well put. Proof of Stake is principally involved with ensuring the transaction history is accurate, secure, and consistent. You are being compensated by using your ownership of a cryptocurrency to verify transactions not for lending it to someone else.
@@فُلان-ه4ث Staking and interest are separate. The label interest is used very liberally in some contexts because both staking and interest rate calculate using percent. But the easiest way to tell is if you know what your currency is being used for. If your currency is used to support verifying transactions in a defined protocol (like Proof of Stake), then it is NOT interest- like Algorand for instance. On the other hand, cryptocurrencies like Dai compensate you for lending your cryptocurrency to others (whether its to finance someone or provide liquidity), in that case, it IS interest because you're always expecting the repayment of the principal you lent out. I'm not familiar with blockfi (I use coinbase), but if your getting a percentage rate for lending your crypto to blockfi or to other wallets, that seems like interest to me (in my own opinion).
@@nicCleansing I don't think staking AAVE is halal since that protocol involves borrowing and lending (Riba). Why would you help maintain the network of something that does haram activities? Staking is not haram itself. It just depends which coins you are staking.
@@HishamPM which coin can we stake and on what platforms .if possible please suggest me any three coins for staking and also the platform to stake
@@HishamPM Brother how about nominex token staking halal or haram ?
Is the anchor protocol 20%apy halal or no
JzakAllah my dear brother for entertaining this request and question. When scholars in my country Pakistan are still debating whether bitcoin is halal or not, you are the need of time so our Ummah is not left behind, financial matters being one of them. They had declared the microphone to be haram too. Muslims of old were synonymous with progress and innovation but now we are plagued with sectarianism and short sightedness. May Allah help us rectify our affairs, attain the inevitable status and lost glory of the Ummah and grant us abundant halal rizq and may He shower you and your parents your family and loved ones with blessings in this world and the next. Ameen.
Alhamdulillah, Allahu Akbar. May Allah bless our sustenance.
Thank you brother, i was waiting for this
Thank you brother may Allah bless you and your family I was waiting for that video so much
May Allah bless you brother. I was worried about this.
Subhanallah, I thought it was haram becajse we are getting rich just because u have money... Thx for explanation brother... May allah reward you nd bless you with bitcoins
In English they call APY an interest, but it's not really interest. You earn APY from the transactions, which is pure business not interest.
Earning APY by staking can not be haram, cuz these staking currency is not lend to other to generate interest.
Hi Rakaan. I suggest in the same vein you study and tell us about DeFi, smart contracts, and maybe if youre interested in other cryptos as an investment because of that :)
Zilliqa, polkadot etc
Seconding this comment.
Masha Allah. Well-explained. May Allah bless you for your knowledge ameen
Makes a lot of sense, thank you, but I would rather hear from someone who has studied Islamic finance in an established Islamic institute. Jazak'Allah Khayran
if only people cared where they took their knowledge from
I liek and shared the vide can u make next video on liquidity providing on uniswap exchange u can earn by trading fee their for giving liquidity
Please make that your next video Insha-Allah.
same here
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Check he did a video on that
In some Proof of Stake protocols like Cardano, a pool that has a large number of coins will get saturated and the rewards of that pool will diminish. This was designed I think to address the possibility of large players controlling the network, and further incentivizes the creation of more smaller staking pools.
And more pools means more decentralization. Cardano all the way!
Essentially meaning it that those staking will move their tokens around different pools interesting idea to be honest which is a win win for everyone
Just something to note that some Staking facilitators, like Exchanges, do pay out interest and not only the staking rewards because they use the staked amount in lending etc.. it's better to investigate the APY source before delegating coins for staking
@practical islamic finance pls reply to this comment
Assalam - how to investigate the source of ApY brother?
Masha Allah Jazzakallah Khairan brother, i was confused at first but your explanations make it clear.
I was confused for a while but after learning for myself, I realised that, contrary to other brothers feeling it is haram because, imho, they misunderstood it as interest, which it is not. Although it is very easy to think of it as the same.
Most of the time i think its simply a lack of understanding of the nature of blockchain, cryptocurrency technology and the difference between Proof of Work and Proof of Staking, between miners and validators.
Thank you for your content because it is very similar to my own lines of thought and understanding, which is humbly very minimal.
Wallahu'alam!
Thanks, yes this is very accurate description. Staking is more closer to investment. There is No harm being done to anyone and it got a purpose. Think of it like adding improvements to your house by spending money, by doing so you increase the value of your house. When you stake you are investing in improving the ecosystem of the cryptocurrency. So the act of staking itself seems permissible. The cryptocurrency itself, that's a different discussion altogether.
BarakAllah fik Brother i was going to ask you about it again :) but you come with a good explanation. JazakAllah khair.
Amazing . very properly elaborative. started staking after watching your reasonable opinion. God bless you..
MashaAllah... Thank you for explanation... That is all questions I have about staking crypto..
پلی بتاؤ حلل ہے کہ حرام
So its just like participating in mining but passively. Jazakallah hu khairan for the video!
Yes you are right! Staking is basically a solution to mining which is costly and especially energy hungry activity.
It is a much more efficient alternative to transacting, securing and validating blockchains in the network.
Thank you so much brother I’m looking for that answer for a long time شكراً🙏🏼
Happy to help
@@practicalislamicfinanceIf im not mistaken there is 20 million bitcoins in total and if you stake bitcoin for example, where would the bitcoin reward come from? is it created out of thin air, if so then how is there only 20 millions in circulation, i mean the rewards has to come from somewhere
Maa shaa Allah... you've cleared my mind
Crypto may cause harm to someone else's life when the price of crypto goes up because of staking and the person who is purchasing with such crypto is affected
I like your reasoning brother. I would like to know your opinion in other Crypto terms like DeFi, Token, NFT, and its derivative product.
Yeah like for example SNX synthetix.
Dash, ZCash please if you could do a cryptos breakdown.
Thanks brother. Please we would like to know your opinion in the Defi
Asalamu alaikum, jazakAllah keir. We just got into crypto and we are trying our best to have baraka in it. Very helpful. May Allah bless your efforts.
Alhamdulillah for this video , I was afraid of sticking anything even though I knew staking could support the blockchain and also I can throw it in a pool as well. Unfortunately I am still nervous but I'm now totally a little bit confident because of this video alhamdulillah
Jazaka’Allahu Khira !! Look forward for Defi projects as well.
Maa Shaa Allah, Before I watched this, I really think staking crypto is riba, my friends always advise me to stake my crypto but I didn't do that thinking that I might fall to riba, but now I can finally stake my Crypto without thinking that I might fall into riba.
Jazakallahu khairan jaza for this useful information brother!
Its not a one size fits all. You have to look at the specifics of each case. PoS is not implemented identically on all cryptos. I agree that most staking is probably halal, but some platforms are blatantly riba as they are just using the term staking instead of interest (some even use the term interchangeably). The way it is setup on some platforms (like crypto.com), you are actually giving them a loan in return of a guranteed/fixed interest rate. They are free to do with the money/crypto what they want and not actually use it to stake on a paticular network. In my opinion one should stand clear of any lending platform - if you can take a loan on their platform, your crypto is probably being used to lend out to others at an even higher interest rate.
@@certifiedalchemist woww you explained well
Eagerly waiting for the farming explanation like this as well.
تبارك الله عليك، ما شاء الله!
بعد مشاهدتي لهذا المقطع تبين لي أنه لا يمكن إطلاق الأحكام الشرعية إلا بعد التمكن من المجال المعني بشكل عمييييق، للأسف هذا ما يحدث في منطقتنا العربية، الشيوخ سرعان ما يطلقون أحكام الحرام بدون فهم للمجال.
لكن لا يزال لدي شك في الموضوع صراحة رغم أن كلامه على حق
Yes, I was thinking about this since all the fuss of the fluctuation and volatility of these cryptocurrencies, glad for these explanation, tq
جزاك الله خيرا
Mashaa ALLAH your way to explain make things easier to understand 😌👍🏻🤝
its very similar to saving account in bank you deposit crypto here while in bank you deposit money and get interest in return
What a great vedio and amazing explanation,really appreciated, jazak Allah
Wow! Massive eye opener (JazakaAllahu khairan)
Selam brother - may Allah bless you. I Think you explain it in a very easy but detailed Way so Thank you 🤲🏽
Nicest explanation ever. Thank you very much and May Allah Bless and put you in heaven.
Jzk for the simplified explanation, I will just like to add that in addition to been rewarded for securing the blockchain network, users of such secured network pay fees which gets shared to the stalkers... This way its value chain established in sha Allah. Allah knows best.
Barakallahu fik. Very detailed and sufficient explanation.
Guys, I'm totally confused. Sometimes I say It's not haram because It's not me who initiated the haram contract I'm just receiving PoS rewards + fees of the system or blockchain which acts as a transaction ground which I am contributing in its stability so I deserve the reward and sometimes I say it's clearly haram because a percentage of the revenue is earned by haram processes and I'm receiving a portion of it! , If anyone has reached a decision please share it with me but with a clear justification.
Mashaallah great explanation, jazakaallah. Please can you explain in layman terms what zakat is paid on crypto and how is it calculated? For example would you pay it on staked tokens? Is it based on the value it was bought, sold or the value at the time zakat is paid? As it fluctuates quite a bit, its hard to know which to do!
Thanks again for this you have just got yourself another subscriber!
🤔😱😱😱. Even crypto has zakat?
I would argue it's just like gold : its value is equal to how much you get for it if you sold it on that zakat day.
@@shiverseeker4630 would that include crypto that is staked as that cannot be solid at that time?
@@AlexanderGent I think yes of course because it's still your wealth thanks to Allah : if you wanted, you could choose to take it out and use it elsewhere, that money's bot lost. It's your choice to have put it there, but it's still part of your wealth. The principle of zakat is that Allah has Blessed us with more money than many people, so that He will Bless us further if we obey Him and share 2,5% of that wealth with the needy.
Zakat also purifies all the rest of your wealth inshaAllah.
@@shiverseeker4630 wouldn't the same apply for property then? Hypothetically you could sell that?
I had some questions and doubts about staking ofcryptocurrencies but now I am convinced
My understanding is that when u stake a coin it produces a block chain for that coin similar like mining then that reward is given to u in terms of other coin or that same coin so staking is halal it doesnt lends money to someone then there is no riba involved int it
allah bin kere razı olsun. God bless you a thousand times. ı found no information about this topic. thank you. very very thank you.
You are most welcome
@@batuhanyuksel5579 dinledim. Stakenin haram olmasını sağlayacak bir durum yok. Caizdir diyor.
@@batuhanyuksel5579 demiyor. Ben caiz diye biliyorum.
Ama bu şahsa bir sorun bakalım vadeli hesap ile bankanın her ay hesabınıza attığı paraya "faiz" diyor mu ? Websitesinde buna benzer bir yazısı var. Bence dikkatli olun. Selametle.
Well done my brother. You cleared all my doubts.
What's about staking of USDT or USDC is it's hala?
Staking with cardano doesn’t include lockup periods or slashing, far more superior than other protocols. ❤️❤️
love you bro, your concept cleared my mind. Much love from Pakistan
Can you answer this please? If there is tax on staking. And that tax goes to the staking liquidity pool, the place where rewards are coming from to everyone staking… is that still halal?
Jazakallah for the great work. I have one additional question regarding staking.
When we stake we lock up our tokens on the network to assist with transaction validation and in return, are rewarded with additional tokens. How do we know that the transactions which are being validated are shariah compliant transactions? In most, if not all, PoS blockchains transactions are bundled into blocks so each block could contain a number of non-shariah compliant transactions which are then validated and rewards are earned. Almost all PoS blockchains have several haraam protocols so there is a high likelihood that each block contains haraam transactions. Since we don't know if the transactions we are validating are shariah compliant or not, can we still say that staking rewards are halaal?
Would love your opinion on this.
Well put 🤝🤝 deep thought
wow did you find the answer to this? if you did please tell me
@@kerem44443 Could not find a satisfactory answer so I stopped staking my tokens. I'm not a scholar but in my opinion if we don't know exactly what we are validating then we shouldn't stake tokens. There are some DePIN networks that don't have any DeFi protocols built on them so perhaps it's halaal to stake on those networks but check this for yourself.
@@hussainkhan2513 thank you
@@hussainkhan2513 hey man i was thinking about this for a few days and heres what i think so if staking is haram because we may be validating gambling transactions etc is flying in a plane haram? cuz when you are flying in the plane you help the plane company earn profit and other passangers may be carrrying alcohol in their luggages and so you are helping the plane company carry alcohol? or lets say you are just buying and selling solana coin there is a gambling platform on the solana chain and when you buy and sell solana you increase the daily volume of solana and therefore you help it become more popular and there is a gambling platfrm on solana so are you helping the gambling platform also become more popular? i think that we are kind of reaching here about this whole staking thing id llike to hear your reply on this these are just my thoughts though
Sometimes staking doesn't rewards you as well which in contrast to loans based on interest always reward you
thank you, great value in this video, of course not all cryptos are equals
Very true!
7:08 It is not coming from someone else's balance but the value decreases though
Thanks for sharing, Jazak allah khair. Its clear as you described that staking Layer 1 blockchain currencies would help secure the the blockchain network itself. but what about the layer 2 tokens which are built on top of layer 1 network, those tokens when staked they provide mainly liquidity not security as the security is part of the layer 1 I believe, so in this case do we also consider staking layer 2 tokens Halal as well by just providing liquidity ?
Can I ask what instrument is halal? As far as I'm aware short,future leverage is haraam so what method way is halal?
Thanks
Masha’Allah beautifully explained.
great video thank you very much. i am looking forward to the video on yield farming insallah. 😄
Thanks for answering
Jzk.
May Allah bless you.
What about Stable-coins i.e USDT staking, thank you forehand
As per the terms of binance savings 2.Binance Savings assets will be used in cryptocurrency leveraged borrowing and other businesses.
Jazak Allah khair brother ...
Thanks for such an amazing video.
I want to stake all my coins as well.
Which platforms do you recommend to stake?
I previously staked my coins with Binance, but later I unstaked them. Because they said that they give 'interests' inside that 'reward'. I had to chat with them for hours just to make sure that they are not giving me any interests. When they made sure, I immediate unstaked every coins.
Binance's response was:
‘About your main concern was, you just want to make sure that you'll get a reward on staking instead of interest? The answer is No, if there are other coin airdrops for the coin he is staking he will get reward+interest, but if there are none, he will only get interest.’
I would appreciate if your could share with us a list of websites who we can stake with and who would guarantee that my coins will NOT be used to give borrow to someone.
I wanted to make sure that I get rewards, not interests.
Thank you for your kind cooperation.
As Salamu Alejkum brother. Is Reflections earnings HALAL? It is transaction fees rewards. I asked actual devs of the projects. They said There is no borrowing or lending on reflections. Its a redistrubution of tax (sales tax). Small percentage from sales are going to your wallet. I look it as affiliate earnings since same with affiliate system you get percentage of earnings from transaction fees. So far nobody answered this topic in islamic world. Some crypto projects strictly do say that their yield farming and staking have INTEREST fees since they borrow your crypto and loan to others with interest etc. While reflections earnings are completely different thing. Please make video about this. Since new projects are emerging with Reflections earnings. P.S. I dont have doubts in this and I 100% feel it is HALAL since people of the projects told me multiply times it is not INTEREST based earnings etc. I done all I have could.
1. I asked the devs does it have Interest earnings, they said NO.
2. They told me it is earnings per sales, no lending or borrowing cryptos with interest!
3. It is crypto coins as MCC or CCF which are on BSC blockchain PoS-a network system
Masha Allah jazakallah kairan brother
Exactly what i was looking for, for months
Loves the video brother, thanks a lot 🙌
thanks for the video brother, it helped clarify some things and i did some extra research into what riba/usury/interest concepts are in islam =)
Does this mean staking on crypto.comor binance is halal?
I do not know whether you are going to keep making videos answering these burning questions from muslims. But know that this has been of immense help. I searched for months to get this info, and could almost not find it anywhere. You can for example make a video about "are utility tokens halal?" Like Eth, chainlink, icx, these fall under the utility tokens. I mean just look at the like and dislike ratio on this video. Proof that there is demand for such videos. Jazakallahu gairan.
Salam Alaikum!
Btw, does it matter if the staking it done on an exchange or in a DeFi wallet?
great video my friend ! logical, i wanted to stake SOL on BINANCE yet was not sure of haram/halal thing...many say staking via VALIDATOR is haram, and halal if done via POOL,....anyways thanks
Staking gives us sure rewards. Doesn't matter if that is crypto or real money. We are holding our money or asset (Crypto) for a sure rewards which doesn't have any risk.
Simply you can hold your asset (crypto - virtual asset) and might get profit or loss. On the other hand we are not allowed to hold it for a sure return, this works same as bank.
This is just my opinion. Thanks.
Thanks a lot brother for clearing up , i feel better now..
Tq bro. Now I really got idea what is staking. Your explanation very good. Jzk
Ma Sha Allah good job. Well explained brother.
Love your explanation.
Thank you for another fabulous video, brother. I always enjoy your content and get so much out of it. I've learned a tremendous amount just from your free content, and it makes me want to purchase the additional content you have available soon. I'll look forward to that.
thank God i found your channel, i can not stop watching your videos and learning from your knowledge, May Allah increase you in that. ameen
just a small question comes to my mind, doesnt it the same for saving accounts in bank, which is not a loan to anyone but you get interest every month or year according to the amount you have put it. would love you to shed some light on that.
jzk khair
Well explained, can you give us your opinion on yield farming or crypto farming in general? Thanks 👍
It was a very good point! Thank you brother!
Salam Rakaan,
Please can you enlighten us on investing in DeFi projects in your next video, especially staking involving liquidity and yield farming.
Thank you
Thank you for this beneficial knowledge. We're blessed to have you.
How will you compare fixed deposit in commercial banks for an interest which is RIBA , and staking (locked fund ) for profit too. What is the difference?
i like smart scholars like yourself, really appreciate the knowledge, i agree very much with your arguments really helpful thx
Love your insight on cryptocurrency... maybe you can have a long in depth general crypto market ethics overview... being an active Bitcoin investor for few years, with average trading experience. I am seeking to day trade it, do not understand whether leverage trading is halal or if only spot trading (non lvg) is allowed. Additionally, the trading fees and the positive negative funding rates associated with the leveraged crypto trading platforms like binance bybit and also dex (decentralized exchanges) platforms with lvg and non lvg like (uniswap) .. coingecko js great for a detail breakdown list... Also perhaps general and more in depth understandings of defi token mechanics.. ex I understand coins with however large the marketcaps may be that are lending platform startups within crypto coins cannot be held or day traded on spot either because they have a negative utility however other emerging crypto sectors like NFT coins that add brand value ownership and exchange or coins that are for identity governance or ethereum smart contract competitors or first third party oracle platforms. A lot of clarity on these matters must be made and it seems you are definitely the one to help us out. Can’t wait for your next upload and perhaps with the total crypto market cap growing to the multiple of trillions if you add a crypto portfolio as well to your site I will for sure join the subscription but some of these basic and advanced all in one or detail styled analysis breakdown videos indeed would be a great blessing for the millions if Muslims in the space or deciding if they should get into it. Appreciate whatever you may provide insight for in our Islamic understanding of the emerging phenomenon of modern finance tech and it’s relation to our dear ethics. Please keep us posted, whether that’s twitter where crypto is heavily discussed day to day or your youtube community. JazakAllah may Allah grant you immense blessings in your life and provide us all clarity.
Thanks for the informative vid, as you described staking it sounds very similar to being rewarded with *interest* when you hold your money in a bank account and the reward is from the bank who dictate the level of interest payed...is that the same as staking?
I think think it's not d same. In d case of Bank, u put Ur money in fixed deposit which gives d bank d assurance that u would not need d money for d said period of time, as such they use d money in business and shares d (profit & not loss) with u. In short, they promise an interest amount that they are not sure to make & if they make that interest, it'd because they lend the money to someone else and ask the person to give back the money with interest or forfeit there collateral or there guarantor losses his/her asset.
can you do yield farming and Liquidity mining next?
Is this halal?
Yield farming actually DOES involve the lending of cryptocurrency....so therefore...based on this particular stance...it is of a different nature and would most likely not be halal. I've read that it is not before...but now that I have seen this video...I understand that there is a real difference between staking and yield farming. And Allah knows best.
@@TheeMalikPeterson barakAllahu feek habib
@@healthcamp1236 wa feek barak Allah.🙂
Leverage halal or haram?
What about the thing that the Terra ecosystem does? The software borrows your coins to make sure that their UST is stable for example.
all is it's halal , thanks for your views brother
Jazak Allah my brother
How about celcius? Do you think it is prohibited when staking in Celcius wallet?
Do you know if covered calls (and maybe "poor mans" covered calls) are allowed? There is very low risk involved, and both sides of the trade are aware of a set date and benefits financially. If you can point to a source that will help alot. Jazak!
What is your take on Fintoch? They're also involved in staking?
Wallahi this issue has disturbed me for a while! But Alhamdulillah
Thanks bro, but i think the staking itself is two types and the type you are explaining is only PoS which I agree with you 100% is not haram. But the interesting thing is staking in cex (like binance or gateio) this exchange's staking is totally different from the PoS. They are like borrowers, and when you stake your coins in that exchange you will get predefined x% of return from that time you staking, so here in the exchange we have two things, they are borrowers, and you are already told how many x% you will get after staking ends, which it sounds like Interest in my opinion. What is your opinion staking in cex?
Thank you for your explanation, brother. God bless you 💚
Is yeild farming or liquidity mining haram? Like providing liquidity in uniswap and getting a return on trading fees for example. Thank you. 🙏
I love your videos brother. Thank you for taking an analytical and objective view of financial instruments.
On BlockFi, it says "earn interest" but do you know if it is a reward for staking as mentioned in this video or is it, in fact, riba?
I've been keeping a record of the interest earned so far because I wasnt sure if i should be donating it at the end of financial year or if i can keep it as a reward.
Thank you
Following this question for an answer. I am also wondering does this include holding Bitcoin with BlockFi and getting reward. Your exact point the terminology on BlockFi says “interest earned”. Brother please see if you can help on this. Jzk
@@suvadaarnautovic8977 I have looked into this - and it is SPECIFIC to BlockFi and not your usual staking with Ethereum/Cardano etc.
With BlockFi, your returns come directly as a result of BlockFi lending to borrowers at a higher rate than you are receiving. So, I believe that returns of BlockFi is riba hence we are not allowed to keep it and should be flushed to a charity with the good deeds not counting to us.
So the premise of the argument here is that staking isn't riba because it isnt a loan. And it isnt a loan because there's no counterparty, aka there's no borrower. But can you prove from the juridical texts that there needs to be a human counterparty in order for riba to occur?
Why can't a software be considered a valid recipient of a loan?