A Murabahah contract refers to an agreement whereby the Islamic bank licensee sells to a customer at acquisition cost (purchase price plus other direct costs) plus an agreed profit margin, a specified kind of asset that is already in its possession. An MPO contract refers to an agreement whereby the Islamic bank licensee sells to a customer at cost (as above) plus an agreed profit margin, a specified kind of asset that has been purchased and acquired by the Islamic bank licensee based on a Promise to Purchase (PP) by the customer which can be a binding or non-binding PP.
January 2015