Is Sony (SONY) stock Halal?
September 2026 AAOIFI screening result for Sony Group Corp. (SONY): non-permissible income, fail. Interest-bearing investments, pass. Interest-bearing debt, pass. Preference shares, pass. Sony Group Corp. is not currently Shariah compliant. Re-screened monthly against AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21.
Sony represents shares of Sony Group Corporation, a leading global conglomerate headquartered in Tokyo, Japan. These receipts allow U.S. investors to invest in Sony without directly purchasing shares on foreign exchanges, thus offering a convenient way to diversify portfolios with international stocks. Sony is renowned for its diverse product and service offerings, spanning across electronics, gaming, entertainment, and financial services. Before any of that matters to a Muslim investor, one question comes first: is Sony stock Halal?
Is Sony Shariah compliant?
The Shariah case on a technology company like Sony 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 Sony pass the business activity test?
The activity screen is only part of the picture this month: Sony currently fails the non-permissible income screen, so the overall verdict is not compliant regardless of the business itself. 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 Sony's income Halal?
No. Sony's income from impermissible sources currently exceeds AAOIFI's 5% revenue ceiling, which makes the stock non-compliant on this screen regardless of the others. The screen is reassessed monthly, so the status can change when new financial statements arrive.
Does Sony 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. Because the caps move with the share price, our Shariah Supervisory Board has SONY re-screened every month, and the result above always shows the latest verdict.
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