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Four ways a Canadian Muslim can invest without interest, set beside each other on the dimensions that actually differ — what you actually own, whether there is debt behind it, what it costs you, and who is allowed to sell it to you.

 Tawakkul REITHalal robo and managed fundsHalal ETFs and screened stocksA large bank
What you ownA fractional interest in a Canadian real estate investment trust that owns income-producing property directly.Units of a managed portfolio, usually holding screened public securities.Shares in public companies that pass a Shariah screen.No halal real estate product. Screened mutual funds at some institutions.
Debt in the structureNone. The Trust uses no leverage. That is the point of it.Screened holdings may carry debt up to a ratio limit, commonly around 33%.Same — screening tolerates a debt ratio rather than eliminating debt.Conventional leverage throughout.
Shariah oversightA Fatwa on this fund, from an independent external board.Board certification at the platform level.Index-level screening, usually by a data provider.None.
When income reaches youDistributions, if declared, are paid quarterly.Monthly or quarterly.Dividends as declared.Monthly, or on demand.
Where income comes fromRent from real buildings.Market prices and dividends.Market prices and dividends.Interest, principally.
Fees1.25% annual management fee, disclosed in the Offering Memorandum.Platform fee plus underlying fund fees.Fund MER, typically low.Varies, often opaque.
Price movementPrivate net asset value, struck periodically. Not marked to daily market swings.Full public-market volatility.Full public-market volatility.Varies.
AccountsRRSP, TFSA, FHSA, RESP, LIRA, RRIF, LIF, spousal RRSP, non-registered, corporate and trust.Most registered plans.Most registered plans.All.
Getting your money outLimited. Redemption is restricted, with a fee in the first year. Built for a long hold.Usually daily.Daily, on an exchange.Daily.
Minimum$500.Often $0 to $1,000.The price of one share.Often $100,000 or more for advisory service.
Who decides you can buy itA registered exempt market dealer, after a suitability determination.Platform onboarding.Nobody — you simply buy.An advisor, if you meet their minimum.
Is a screened ETF less halal than this?
That is a question for a scholar, not for a fund. What can be said factually is that the two rely on different approaches. Screening tolerates a proportion of debt within a company and purifies the corresponding income; this structure carries no debt at all. Some scholars are comfortable with screening, others are not, and reasonable people disagree.
Why is the minimum so much lower than a bank's?
Because a $500 minimum is a deliberate choice about who this is for. It is also the reason the platform exists in the form it does: at that size, a paper application handled by a person costs more than the subscription is worth to anybody.
Can I hold both?
Yes, and many people should. Concentration is a real risk, and this is an illiquid holding. Your dealing representative will ask you what proportion of your assets this represents, and that question is not a formality.

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