Is TIM (TIMB) stock Halal?

TIM represents U.S.-traded depositary receipts tied to the Brazilian telecommunications company TIM with each receipt corresponding to five underlying common shares. Its primary purpose is to provide international investors dollar-denominated access to TIM’s equity, with dividends and trading conducted in U.S. dollars and administered by a global depositary bank. For Muslim investors, though, the most pressing question is simpler: is TIM a Halal investment?

Is TIM Shariah compliant?

Yes. In the October 2026 screening TIM (TIMB) passes AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21: the business activity screen and every financial ratio screen hold. Connecting people is a permissible business, so carriers and satellite operators like TIM rarely trouble the activity screen. The exposure is infrastructure: networks are among the most capital hungry assets in any market, usually debt financed, and AAOIFI Shariah Standard No. 21 caps interest bearing borrowing at 30% of market capitalisation, the screen that decides most telecom verdicts.

Does TIM pass the business activity test?

Yes. In the October 2026 screening TIM holds an overall PASS, which a stock only earns when its core business clears the activity screen. The service itself, carrying calls and data, raises no Shariah objection; the scrutiny belongs to the debt financed network behind it.

Is TIM's income Halal?

Yes, within AAOIFI's tolerance. TIM'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 95.33% tells holders of TIMB what share of each dividend to keep and what remainder to donate to charity. On a dividend yield of around 3.07%, the purification amount is modest but real.

Does TIM 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 $8.48B (market data as of 1 October 2026). Because the caps move with the share price, our Shariah Supervisory Board has TIMB re-screened every month, and the result above always shows the latest verdict.

Why do other halal screeners show a different verdict for TIM?

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?