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Takaful

# Takaful participant

A person or business that joins a takaful scheme, contributes to its funds and is entitled to compensation under its terms.

A takaful participant is a party that participates in a takaful product and has the right to compensation or other entitlements under a takaful contract, in IFSB-29's definition. Participants are both contributors to and beneficiaries of the participants' risk fund, which can give them an interest in its surplus that a conventional policyholder does not have. Conduct rules focus on making sure they understand the contract, the fees and their share of any surplus.

## Sources

- [IFSB-29 Conduct of Business Supervision for Takaful Undertakings, 2023: Definitions, Takaful participant](https://www.ifsb.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/IFSB-29-Conduct-of-Business-Supervision-for-Takaful-Undertakings.pdf)

This entry explains a term; it is not a Shariah ruling. Approving a product is for each institution's own Shariah board and regulator.

## Related terms

[**Takaful** Mutual cover: participants contribute to a common fund, as donations, to help one another against specified losses.](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/takaful/) [**Tabarru** The donation portion of a takaful contribution, paid into the risk fund to meet claims as mutual help.](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/tabarru/) [**Underwriting surplus** What remains in the participants' risk fund after claims, expenses and reserves, plus attributed investment returns.](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/underwriting-surplus/) [**Takaful operator** The entity that manages a takaful business on behalf of participants, usually for a fee, a profit share or both.](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/takaful-operator/)

**Takaful**

1. [Takaful](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/takaful/)
2. [Tabarru](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/tabarru/)
3. [Participants' risk fund](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/participants-risk-fund/)
4. [Participants' investment fund](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/participants-investment-fund/)
5. [Shareholders' fund (takaful)](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/shareholders-fund/)
6. [Takaful operator](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/takaful-operator/)
7. [Wakalah model (takaful)](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/wakalah-model/)
8. [Underwriting surplus](https://islamicopenfinance.com/glossary/underwriting-surplus/)

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