Blog

From the Hudood team.

How Hudood works, how we keep the community safe, and clear guides to the questions Muslims ask about money, from Zakaat to Bitcoin.

Latest

Social

Welcome to Hudood: What You Can Do From Day One

A calm social network built within Shariah limits, with a finance hub inside it. Here is everything you can do on Hudood today, and what is still to come.

September 25, 2026 · 4 min readRead article

Safety

How Moderation and Appeals Work on Hudood

Who reviews a report, how fast, what can happen to a post or an account, and how to appeal a decision you think is wrong.

September 25, 2026 · 4 min read

Zakaat

How to Calculate Zakaat on Shares: A Practical Guide

Why shares you trade and shares you hold for the long term are treated differently, how the nisab works, and a simple way to organise your Zakaat each year.

September 25, 2026 · 5 min read

Finance

Why Hudood Shows No Halal or Haram Verdicts Yet

We removed every Shariah verdict from Hudood Financial while we rebuild our screening on current, verifiable evidence. Here is what that means and what the new method checks.

September 25, 2026 · 4 min read

Social

Why Hudood Has No Ads — and Never Sells Your Data

Most social apps are free because you are the product. Hudood takes a different path: no ads in your feed, and your data is never sold. Here is what that means in practice.

Updated September 25, 2026 · 4 min read

Social

Bring Your Whole Self: Social and Professional on One Profile

On most apps you are split in two: a polished professional profile in one place, your real interests in another. A Hudood profile holds both.

Updated September 25, 2026 · 3 min read

Crypto

Is Bitcoin Halal or Haram? What Scholars Weigh Up

Scholars are divided on Bitcoin. This guide sets out the questions they weigh, why they reach different answers, and what matters most in how you hold it.

Updated September 25, 2026 · 5 min read

Investing

5 Common Mistakes in Halal Investing, and How to Avoid Them

Good intentions are not enough. Five mistakes Muslim investors often make, from trusting labels to forgetting purification and Zakaat, and what to do instead.

Updated September 25, 2026 · 4 min read

Investing

Are Index Funds Halal? A Clear Guide

A conventional index fund owns every company in its index, including banks and alcohol makers. Shariah index funds screen them out. Here is how to tell the difference.

Updated September 25, 2026 · 4 min read

Islamic finance

Is Intraday Trading Halal? What Makes the Difference

Buying and selling shares on the same day is not one thing. Whether it is permissible depends on what you trade, whose money you use, and whether you ever own what you sell.

Updated September 25, 2026 · 4 min read

Islamic finance

Futures and Options: Why Most Scholars Consider Them Impermissible

Conventional futures and options are widely considered impermissible. Here is the reasoning, what the major Islamic finance bodies have said, and the permissible tools that exist instead.

Updated September 25, 2026 · 5 min read