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Management of Deposit Schemes
 
Deposits shall be managed under the Mudaraba arrangement, under which customer is the Rabb-ul-Maal and bank is the Mudarib. Bank, being the Mudarib, shall be responsible for placing the funds in secured as-well-as profitable Islamic ventures on the basis of Ijarah, Murabaha, Mudaraba, etc and shall share a portion of profits as a compensation for its efforts. The profit sharing ratio shall be announced at the beginning of month. Rabb-ul-Maal, on the other hand, shall earn the net profit after all deductions, and this total earning of the Rabb-ul-Maal shall be shared by the individual depositors on the basis of weightages, which shall be announced at the beginning of the month. In the event of loss, Mudarib would lose its profit share which otherwise would have been paid to it in the cases of profit, and Rabb-ul-Maal shall bear the net loss.
 
How is the return Halal ?
 
Care would be taken in ensuring that both the arrangements of accepting deposits from customers, and investing that amount in Islamic Modes of Financing, are done in a strictly Shariah-compliant manner. On the basis of approval from reputed Shariah scholars, who belong to Internationally renowned university for Islamic education, products have been designed to not only suit the needs of depositors/ borrowers but also remain strictly in compliance with Islamic Shariah. Moreover, our Shariah Advisor, Dr. Maulana Muhammad Zubair Usmani would also monitor our transactions on a daily basis.

Elements of Riba have been eliminated completely from the contracts so that income earned through investments in assets is completely halal and is shared by the depositors in a Shariah-compliant manner. A transparent system of weightages is used to calculate the profit rates on the basis of which profits are disbursed to each customer. These weightages are announced by the bank at the beginning of each month/ term and posted on the Notice Boards of Islamic Banking Branch as well as on our website.

 
Diminishing Musharakah
Difference between Diminishing Musharakah and a Term Loan

In Diminishing Musharakah the relationship between the bank and the customer is that of co-owners in an Equipment and not one of lender-borrower
The initial financing provided by the Bank is applied to acquire a share in the Equipment and not to provide a loan
The customer’s monthly acquisition is for acquiring the bank’s share in the Equipment, whereas portion of rental is for the customer’s exclusive use of the whole Equipment
These payments do not constitute a repayment of a loan with interest since it does not involve an exchange of cash for a greater amount of future cash
Diminishing Musharaka will comprises of three agreements.
  Co ownership Agreement between bank & client
  Lease Agreement between bank & client
  Unit Purchase agreement
 
Bank’s share in any gain or loss that may result from a sale of the Equipment

In case of destruction, if the Equipment is beyond repair and insurance proceeds are short to cover are total O/S, MCB and customer will bear the risk as per their proportion of ownership
 
The bank as a co-owner on the title of the Equipment

The bank has charge over assets of the company

Bank’s ownership in the asset vests by way of the Musharakah agreement
 
How to make Deposits in these schemes ?
 
All that shall be required to do to deposit funds with us is to fill in the form, and pay us through any mode convenient to the customer i.e. Cash, Cheque, or Pay Order in favor of MCB Bank, Islamic Banking Branch. Funds may be deposited at Islamic Banking Division’s branch, or at any of the authorized MCB branches . For further details, customers may send email to us on infoislamic@mcb.com.pk or log on to our website www.mcb.com.pk/islamic_banking.
 
 
 
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