Best Shariah Stock Screeners 2026: the 5 Apps Canadian DIY Investors Actually Need

"Is this stock halal?" is the single most-asked question on this site — and five apps answer it, each differently. Zoya is the fast compliance engine we run every stock on this site through. Musaffa is the research-heavy platform with graded ratings and an ethics layer. Islamicly brings scholar-pedigree screening plus pre-built model portfolios. HalalScreener is the free, no-signup web screener. Islamic Finance Guru's screener adds an independent methodology with an education layer. We compared all five on methodology, coverage, pricing, and how each fits a Canadian brokerage workflow, and scored each for a Canadian who buys through Questrade or Wealthsimple Trade.

By the Canadian Halal Investor Editorial Team · Updated October 5, 2026

Updated October 2026 · 11-minute read · Reviewed by the Canadian Halal Investor team

What a Shariah screener actually does

Every screener in this roundup answers one question: does this company's business and balance sheet pass Shariah screening? The mechanism is standard across the industry and worth understanding, because it is exactly what the badges on this site mean. Screening has two stages. First, the business-activity screen checks what the company earns money from — alcohol, gambling, conventional finance, weapons, and similar lines of business are screened out. Second, the financial-ratio screen checks the balance sheet — interest-bearing debt, interest-bearing assets, and non-compliant income must each sit below published thresholds relative to market capitalisation or total assets. A stock passes only if it clears both stages. Our Shariah screening methodology page explains the ratio math in full; this site's own stock verdicts use the same approach.

Three facts temper every badge. First, screening is a snapshot: a company that passes today can fail after one bad quarter of debt-funded expansion, so re-screening at least quarterly is part of the job. Second, every screener applies the same broad standards through its own data pipeline and analyst judgment, so edge cases can differ between apps — that is why a second opinion on borderline names is cheap and useful. Third, and most important, a compliance badge is information, not a fatwa. Screeners and this site report facts and methodology; none of us issues religious rulings.

The five screeners at a glance

Coverage and pricing figures are each company's own published claims, checked this week unless noted. "Their figures" for Musaffa means exactly that: 137,342 stocks and 8,259 ETFs screened, per musaffa.com's pricing page as of October 5, 2026. The HalalScreener and Islamic Finance Guru details come from halalscreener.app's published 2026 comparison — attributed as that site's findings, not our verification.

Zoya — the compliance engine

Zoya is the screener this site itself runs every stock verdict through, and the reasons are practical. The core loop is instant: type a ticker, get a compliance badge, and — the part that matters — read the ratio breakdown underneath it. Zoya publishes the business-activity and financial-ratio math behind the badge, so a "fail" on a name you like becomes an investigation rather than a shrug. The ETF look-through is the strongest in the field: Zoya screens the fund's actual holdings rather than waving at the label, which makes it the right tool for checking halal ETFs before they land in your portfolio. Per-holding purification amounts and a zakat engine that imports your brokerage holdings round out the paid tiers, while the free tier genuinely covers daily use — core screening, ETF look-through, and basic reports cost nothing.

Pricing note: Zoya shows subscription prices in-app rather than on its website (verified October 2026), so check inside the app before subscribing. Zoya's default methodology is AAOIFI, with additional index standards available on paid tiers. Our full Zoya review covers the feature set in depth, and our stock verdicts hub shows the screener in action on hundreds of names.

Musaffa — the research platform

Musaffa is the breadth play. Where Zoya is US-focused, Musaffa screens 150+ markets — 137,342 stocks and 8,259 ETFs by its own published count — and for Canadians the relevant figure is on its pricing page: 3,159 Canadian stocks, of which 403 pass, plus 1,281 Canadian ETFs with 10 rated halal. That is the widest Canadian coverage in this roundup by a large margin. The reports go deeper than a badge: each stock carries a graded halal rating from C– to A+, a detailed compliance report explaining why, up to three years of compliance history, and — the distinctive part — a MISRI score (Musaffa Islamic Social Responsibility Investing, 0–100) that evaluates labor practices, environmental responsibility, governance, and social impact across five Islamic principles. A company can be Shariah-compliant yet score poorly on MISRI, which makes Musaffa the right tool if you want an ethical overlay beyond the halal screen.

Notably, Musaffa's free tier is genuinely generous: unlimited stocks and ETF halal-status checks, the full halal ratings, detailed compliance reports, compliance history, and MISRI scores are all on the free plan. Zakat and purification calculators unlock on the paid plans (Starter and Premium, on monthly and annual billing — check musaffa.com/pricing for current prices), with brokerage-linked tracking on Premium and compliance-change alerts on your watchlist. One Canadian caveat: Musaffa also operates a trading platform, but it is described as serving "eligible countries" — investing access for Canada is not confirmed on its pages, so treat Musaffa as a research tool here, not a brokerage. See our Zoya vs Musaffa page for the full head-to-head.

Islamicly — the scholar-pedigree app

Islamicly's pitch is pedigree: a screening engine from a research firm with 20 years of Shariah equity research behind it, overseen by scholars who sit on the AAOIFI Shariah Board itself. In practice it offers stock screening across most major global markets with daily status updates, a free portfolio compliance scorecard that screens a linked portfolio in about a minute, per-stock dividend purification ratios with in-app purification calculation, and 30+ broker connects for portfolio tracking. The signature feature is the Moons: 7,000+ pre-built Shariah-compliant model portfolios that track the investing style of popular ETFs and mutual funds — a different answer to the "what do I actually buy" question than any other screener here gives.

Two notes for Canadians. First, Islamicly's gold and silver savings (24K gold, 999-purity silver) are India-only, so treat the app strictly as a screener and tracker here. Second, like Zoya, Islamicly publishes no prices on its website — check in-app before subscribing. Our full comparison is on the Zoya vs Islamicly page.

HalalScreener — the free web screener

HalalScreener earns its place as the quickest zero-commitment screen on this list: it is web-based, covers 7,100+ US assets, screens under AAOIFI Standard No. 21, and offers unlimited basic screening with no signup. The $9.99/month Pro tier adds a purification calculator. It is narrower than the apps — US assets, less portfolio machinery — but for a "is this US ticker compliant" check from a desktop browser, nothing else on this list is faster or freer. Per halalscreener.app's own published comparison, it also adds an educational layer and a community forum around the screening.

Islamic Finance Guru — the independent methodology

Islamic Finance Guru (IFG) is best known as the UK's long-running halal-finance education platform, and its stock screener is the odd one out in this roundup: instead of AAOIFI-standard screening, it applies its own published methodology to a select stock universe, web-based, with limited free access and membership pricing. Think of it as a second-opinion tool for UK-listed names and a way to learn screening logic from a team that publishes its thinking — not as the daily-driver screener for a Canadian portfolio. The details here are per halalscreener.app's published comparison; verify the current coverage and pricing on IFG's own pages.

The Canadian workflow: screen then trade

The workflow that matters for a Canadian reader is the same whichever app wins. Screen in the app, buy in your brokerage. None of these tools holds money or offers TFSA, RRSP, FHSA, or RESP accounts, so the registered-account tax advantage lives in your brokerage — Questrade for the DIY route (including Norbert's gambit for USD purchases; see our gambit guide) or Wealthsimple Trade for the no-commission route (see our Wealthsimple Trade guide). Re-screen your holdings at least quarterly — compliance is a snapshot — and purify the dividends your ETFs and stocks pay using our purification calculator, with zakat handled by our zakat calculator. For the full Canada playbook, our halal investing in Canada guide puts accounts, screening, purification, and zakat in one workflow, and our halal ETF comparison covers SPUS vs HLAL vs WSHR.

One combination deserves to be stated plainly: Zoya for daily screening plus Musaffa for deep research. Both have genuinely useful free tiers, so the pair costs nothing, and together they cover the two failure modes of screening alone — Zoya's ETF look-through on what you hold, and Musaffa's graded ratings plus MISRI on what you might buy. Add Islamicly's free scorecard as the quarterly second opinion and you have a professional-grade screening stack for free.