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Can I keep the investment and only give away the haram part?
By Mehdi, Senior Sukuk Fund Manager · Updated May 2026
This is one of the most useful distinctions in all of this, because getting it right saves you from two opposite mistakes: throwing away clean wealth, or keeping something purification can never clean.
The short answer: It depends what kind of holding it is. If the company itself is permissible and only a small slice of its income was impermissible, then yes — you keep it and purify that slice. If the company's core business is haram, purifying does not fix it; you exit.
Picture two very different holdings. The first is a wholesome company that happens to earn a little interest on its cash — its business is fine, only a thin slice of income is a problem; here, purification is exactly the tool, and you keep the investment while giving away that portion. The second is a conventional bank or an alcohol company — here the core business is the problem, not a side slice, so purifying a fraction of the return does not cleanse it; this one you exit.
Where we stand: the skill is simply telling the two situations apart, which is exactly what screening makes clear. Keep what is clean with a clear heart; let go of what is not.
Allah asks for sincerity, not scrupulosity that turns the deen into a burden. Both keeping the clean and releasing the haram are worship when done for Him.
The hardest part is actually seeing, holding by holding, what passes and what needs attention.
That is exactly what the Portfolio Mirror does. You enter what you hold; it shows you in plain language what passes the screen and what needs attention, and walks you toward purifying the rest. No account needed.
Open the Portfolio MirrorThis is education, not personalized financial advice or a religious ruling. Screening status can change, and your situation is your own. Confirm a specific holding against its current Shariah screening, and any ruling with a qualified scholar you trust. The decision, as always, is yours, before Allah.