Is Intuitive Machines (LUNR) stock Halal?

Intuitive Machines is a pioneering aerospace company specialized in the development of advanced space technologies. Primarily focused on lunar exploration, the company plays a crucial role in delivering scientific and commercial payloads to the moon as part of NASA's Artemis program. Their lander crafts and propulsion systems are designed to endure the harsh conditions of lunar landscapes, facilitating a variety of missions aimed at resource utilization, scientific research, and technology demonstrations. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Intuitive Machines stock Halal?

Is Intuitive Machines Shariah compliant?

Yes. In the October 2026 screening Intuitive Machines (LUNR) passes AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21: the business activity screen and every financial ratio screen hold. Industrial businesses like Intuitive Machines usually pass the activity screen without drama. The harder test is financial: heavy assets mean heavy financing, and AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 tolerates interest bearing debt and investments only below 30% of market capitalisation, ratios that shift with every move in the share price.

Does Intuitive Machines pass the business activity test?

Yes. In the October 2026 screening Intuitive Machines holds an overall PASS, which a stock only earns when its core business clears the activity screen. The activity itself raises no Shariah objection; the scrutiny belongs to the financing.

Is Intuitive Machines' income Halal?

Yes, within AAOIFI's tolerance. Intuitive Machines' 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 99.29% tells holders of LUNR 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 Intuitive Machines 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 $2.28B (market data as of 1 October 2026). Because the caps move with the share price, our Shariah Supervisory Board has LUNR re-screened every month, and the result above always shows the latest verdict.

Why do other halal screeners show a different verdict for Intuitive Machines?

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.

Tabadulat is an ADGM regulated brokerage whose license covers Shari'a Compliant Regulated Activities, as the FSRA permission names them. New to the terminology? Gharar and Maysir, Sukuk, Zakat and purification are all explained in plain English.

New to the screening method? Read AAOIFI Standards Explained: What Makes a Stock Halal?