Views On Islamic Accounts For Forex Online Trading: Literature Analysis

  • Muhamad Radzi H
  • Mas’ad Saleh M
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Foreign currency trading or known as forex online is now becoming trending. Artists, social media influencers also promote this trade on their social media accounts. It attracts many young people to participate in this trading. Based on the fatwa issued regarding the prohibition of forex on the basis of riba, in order to meet the demand of muslim traders they offer forex accounts without riba or swap known as Islamic forex accounts. However, there are some Shariah issues that still arise eventhough the account has eliminated the riba element. The discussion and debate about the status of the forex account offered is getting wider. This study analyzes the views of scholars as well as potential Shariah issues arising from Islamic forex trading activities. Qualitative methods were used to achieve the objectives of the study by conducting interviews with Shariah financial experts as well as library research. The results of this study show that by simply eliminating the element of riba, it does not make the Islamic forex account fully permissible in Islam. Forex brokers must appoint Shariah advisors, who have the credibility to analyze every contract found in every transaction made by traders along with their justification. The implications of this study are generally for Muslim traders who have been in this field for a long time and traders who want to get used to the world of trading forex. AbstrakPerdagangan matawang asing atau dikenali sebagai forex dalam talian kini semakin meluas dan menjadi ikutan anak muda masa kini. Artis, pempengaruh media sosial turut mempromosikan perdagangan ini di laman sosial mereka. Ia menarik ramai anak muda untuk menyertai aktiviti tersebut. Berdasarkan fatwa yang dikeluarkan mengenai pengharaman forex atas dasar riba maka syarikat broker berlumba-lumba untuk menawarkan akaun forex tanpa riba atau dikenali sebagai akaun forex Islamik. Namun begitu, terdapat beberapa isu Syariah yang masih timbul meskipun akaun tersebut telah menghapuskan elemen riba. Beberapa cendekiawan Islam menggariskan elemen yang perlu dipatuhi untuk menjadikan perdagangan tersebut patuh Syariah. Perbincangan dan perdebatan mengenai status akaun forex yang ditawarkan tersebut semakin meluas. Kajian ini menganalisis pandangan cendekiawan serta isu Syariah yang berpotensi timbul dari aktiviti perdagangan forex Islamik. Kaedah kualitatif telah digunakan bagi mencapai objektif kajian dengan menjalankan temu bual bersama ahli kewangan Syariah serta kajian perpustakaan. Hasil kajian ini menunjukkan dengan sekadar menghapuskan elemen riba ia tidak menjadikan akaun forex Islamik tersebut sah sepenuhnya disisi Islam. Broker forex juga mestilah mempunyai penasihat Syariah, yang berkredibiliti untuk menganalisa setiap kontrak yang terdapat dalam setiap transaksi yang dibuat oleh pedagang bersama justifikasinya. Implikasi kajian ini secara umumnya untuk pedagang muslim yang sudah lama menceburi bidang ini dan para pedagang yang baru mahu berjinak dengan dunia perdagangan forex.

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Muhamad Radzi, H., & Mas’ad Saleh, M. A. (2025). Views On Islamic Accounts For Forex Online Trading: Literature Analysis. Al-Qanatir: International Journal of Islamic Studies, 34(01), 33–48. https://doi.org/10.64757/alqanatir.2025.3401/922

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