Can we buy “unallocated gold”?

By |2023-03-27T09:00:35+00:00August 22nd, 2020|Fatwas, Gold & Silver|

It is not permissible to buy unallocated gold or unallocated gold certificates. When buying an unallocated certificate, you are not taking a physical or constructive possession of the gold. There is no physical gold that is being allocated to your name (therefore no real ownership). In fact, the seller might not even have enough gold [...]