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Are AI trading agents halal?

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Islamic law has handled this for centuries under wakala, the law of agency. An agent acts within the authority you granted, and you carry responsibility for what you authorised. So the agent is permissible if the trades it is allowed to make are permissible, and giving a bot open ended permission to trade anything is where people get into trouble.

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This is Shariah screening and education, not financial advice. Rulings on newer products differ between scholars, so where a question is disputed we say so rather than pick a side for you. If your situation is unusual, ask your own scholar.

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