Is PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) stock halal?

PayPal Holdings, Inc. is not considered halal under the mainstream standards. HalalGauge screens PYPL under AAOIFI, Mufti Taqi Usmani, S&P DJIM, Ja'fari and the strict view, citing every threshold to its primary source.

Is PYPL halal under Mufti Taqi Usmani?

Under Mufti Taqi Usmani's methodology, PYPL is not halal. Excluded sector: Conventional banking / insurance / interest-based lending.

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Is PayPal Holdings, Inc. (PYPL) halal?

PayPal Holdings, Inc. is not considered halal under the mainstream standards. Below is the verdict under each of the five mainstream scholarly standards, with the deciding numbers and the source behind every threshold.

PYPL verdict by standard · 0 halal · 0 borderline · 5 not halal

AAOIFI Standard
Excluded sector: Conventional banking / insurance / interest-based lending.
Not halal
Mufti Taqi Usmani (stricter Hanafi)
Excluded sector: Conventional banking / insurance / interest-based lending.
Not halal
Dow Jones Islamic Market
Excluded sector: Conventional banking / insurance / interest-based lending.
Not halal
Ja'fari (Sistani-aligned)
Excluded sector: Conventional banking / insurance / interest-based lending.
Not halal
Strict / zero-tolerance
Excluded sector: Conventional banking / insurance / interest-based lending.
Not halal

The numbers behind the verdict

Interest-bearing debt / market cap: 27.4%
Cash + securities / market cap: 28.6%
Receivables / market cap: 130.4%
Impermissible income / revenue: 1.6%
Illiquid (tangible) assets / total: 2.0%

Thresholds and methodology differ by scholar — e.g. AAOIFI caps interest-bearing debt at 30% of market cap, DJIM at 33%, and Mufti Taqi additionally requires tangible assets to be at least 20% of total assets. That's why two screeners can disagree on the same stock.

Screen PYPL interactively See the full balance sheet How the methodologies work

Sources

AAOIFI: AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 (Financial Papers — Shares and Bonds)
Mufti Taqi: Mufti Taqi Usmani — published equity-screening rulings (illiquid-asset rule)
DJIM: S&P Dow Jones Islamic Market Indices — Index Methodology (Shariah Screening)
Ja'fari: Ayatollah Sistani — Code of Practice (sistani.org)
Strict: Minority scholars holding zero-tolerance on riba exposure
Financials: Q1 2026 filing

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HalalGauge surfaces published scholarly methodologies with full sourcing; it does not issue fatwa or certify any security as halal. Verify with a qualified scholar before investing.