Separate dividend purification from stock screening
Business-activity and financial-ratio screens address whether a security meets a particular methodology. Dividend purification addresses a portion of a distribution. Combining cash, investments and debt and dividing by assets does not establish the percentage of a dividend to purify.
The S&P Shariah Indices Methodology separates financial screening from dividend purification. Its purification calculation uses dividends and a non-permissible-income proportion. The ratio is not itself a compliance test.
The MSCI Islamic Index Series methodology, April 2024, section 2.3 describes an adjustment to dividends based on prohibited-activity and interest income. Its adjustment factor is the retained portion. If your document supplies a retained percentage, confirm the conversion to the portion removed before entering it here.
How to use a provider’s ratio
- Confirm that the guidance applies to your security and distribution period. A general company revenue field cannot identify all prohibited activities.
- Check whether the provider has already purified the distribution. Do not automatically deduct twice.
- Enter your dividend amount in one currency and the verified percentage to remove. Record the source and period.
- Review the multiplication and export a record. Apply any required rounding or payment instructions separately.
A hypothetical calculation
If dividends are 1,000 currency units and the verified percentage to remove is 2%, the estimate is 1,000 × 0.02 = 20 units. These are illustrative inputs, not a recommended rate for any company. Enter 2 in the percentage field, not 0.02.
What the result cannot establish
This is a manual worksheet, not a fatwa, Shariah certification, investment recommendation or zakat calculation. It does not decide the treatment of capital gains, verify your ratio, identify eligible charities, or make a payment. Methodologies and individual circumstances differ; obtain qualified guidance for those decisions.
No financial data is fetched by this calculator. Missing ratios remain unknown rather than becoming zero. Preserve the source document with the exported calculation so the chosen period and basis can be checked later.