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The Open Ledger

Where Your Money Goes

Most people never find out what happens to an insurance payment after they make it. Takaful is built to be the exception. Here is the honest version — every dirham, in order.

Words byLayla HaddadHealth & Life
Reviewed byDr. Moosa KhooryShariah Board
14 July 2026 · 8 min read
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The Open Ledger

The one franchise we'll never stop publishing: where your money actually goes.

Most people never find out what happens to a payment after they make it. We think that's exactly backwards. So we show you — every dirham, in order, no footnotes.

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For every AED 100 you contribute
0dh

Tabarru'

Donation to the shared risk fund — the money that pays claims.

0dh

Wakalah fee

Agreed up front, to actually run the fund.

0dh

Invested

Shariah-compliant only — no interest, no excluded industries.

0dh

Potential surplus

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