Is Bridgeline Digital (BLIN) stock Halal?

Bridgeline Digital is a technology company specializing in digital engagement solutions. The primary focus of Bridgeline Digital is to enhance online presence and customer engagement for businesses by delivering comprehensive digital marketing solutions. These solutions include content management systems (CMS), web applications, and e-commerce offerings primarily through their Unbound platform. This platform integrates various digital marketing tools which assist businesses in improving online sales, SEO effectiveness, and overall customer experience across diverse channels. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Bridgeline Digital stock Halal?

Is Bridgeline Digital Shariah compliant?

Yes. In the October 2026 screening Bridgeline Digital (BLIN) passes AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21: the business activity screen and every financial ratio screen hold. The Shariah case on a technology company like Bridgeline Digital is rarely about the product. What AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 examines is the money around the product: cash parked in instruments that earn Riba, borrowing measured against a market capitalisation that moves daily, and any incidental income from sources Islam prohibits, which must stay below 5% of revenue.

Does Bridgeline Digital pass the business activity test?

Yes. In the October 2026 screening Bridgeline Digital holds an overall PASS, which a stock only earns when its core business clears the activity screen. The watch item for technology names is incidental: cash returns and platform content can carry impermissible elements, which AAOIFI tolerates only below the thresholds.

Is Bridgeline Digital's income Halal?

Yes, within AAOIFI's tolerance. Bridgeline Digital's income from non-permissible sources stays below 5% of revenue in the October 2026 screening, and the small impure portion is handled through purification: the factor of 99.85% tells holders of BLIN what share of each dividend to keep and what remainder to donate to charity. On a dividend yield of around None, the purification amount is modest but real.

Does Bridgeline Digital meet AAOIFI's debt and investment ratio requirements?

Yes. Both caps hold this month: interest bearing investments and interest bearing debt each stay below 30% of market capitalisation, measured against a market capitalisation of $10.3M (market data as of 1 October 2026). Because the caps move with the share price, our Shariah Supervisory Board has BLIN re-screened every month, and the result above always shows the latest verdict.

Why do other halal screeners show a different verdict for Bridgeline Digital?

Screeners can disagree without either being wrong. AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21, which Tabadulat applies, measures interest bearing debt and investments against market capitalisation with a 30% ceiling. MSCI and FTSE measure them against total assets with a 33% ceiling, and S&P and Dow Jones Islamic use a multi year average of market capitalisation. Data dates differ too, because each provider reads filings and prices on its own schedule. The same company can therefore pass one standard and fail another in the same month. Tabadulat publishes one answer, the AAOIFI result as of October 2026, and re-screens it every month.

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