The Sandbox

Holding SAND pays nothing; staking rewards come from a share of platform fees, not a loan, though they are passive.

Riba is interest or any guaranteed increase on a loan. The whitepaper allocates half of a 5% fee on SAND transactions to a staking pool for SAND stakers, and describes staking as 'passive revenues'. This is a share of platform fees, not interest on a loan, but stakers do no work for it, so the criterion is just below the maximum. CryptoUmmah scores riba 71.7/100; Sharlife lists SAND as permissible.

SAND is the token used to pay for land, items and game access and to vote in the DAO.

This criterion asks whether the asset has real value as property (mal). SAND is used to pay for LAND, items and experiences in The Sandbox, to stake for creation items, and to vote on Foundation grants. Sharlife, the first authoritative source that rates it, lists it as permissible, and the Shariyah Review Bureau finds nothing unlawful in the token's utilities. The criterion is at the maximum.

SAND is not itself a game of chance, but its economy leans on speculative land trading and paid-entry contests.

Maysir is gambling: gaining or losing by chance rather than through productive exchange. The whitepaper designs skill-based challenges where players pay an entry fee and the winner takes the prize pool, and CryptoUmmah finds the economy centred on speculative land and NFT trading (maysir 66/100). SAND is a utility token rather than a bet, so the criterion stays at pass, below the maximum.

The platform earns fees on SAND transactions and sales of land, items and access.

This criterion asks how the issuer or ecosystem earns and whether that income is impermissible. TSB charges a 5% fee on SAND transactions, including sales and rentals of LAND, split between stakers and the Foundation, and earns from LAND sales and subscriptions. No interest or other impermissible income is documented, so the criterion is at the maximum; the contest design is assessed under usage.

Supply, allocations and fee rules are published, and almost all SAND is in circulation.

Gharar is excessive uncertainty or hidden information. SAND has a fixed 3 billion supply with 2.94 billion circulating, and the whitepaper publishes the team (19%) and company reserve (25.8%) allocations and the fee split. CryptoUmmah notes absent audits and limited team transparency, but the token’s terms are clear and the company is a known Animoca subsidiary, so no concrete uncertainty about what holders own was found.

Fully paid spot SAND is widely available and can be self-custodied.

This criterion asks whether the asset can be owned in a permissible way. SAND trades spot on Upbit, Binance, Bithumb and many other exchanges and, as an ERC-20 token, can be held in self-custody. The criterion is at the maximum.

The Sandbox supports a creator economy; no fraud involving SAND is documented in the sources collected.

Maslahah weighs benefit against harm. The Sandbox lets creators build and earn from games and items, with Foundation grants for content. No source collected documents fraud involving SAND; a reported August 2026 exploit on bridged versions could not be confirmed and is recorded as a data gap. The harm of contests and speculation is counted under usage and maysir, so this criterion is at the maximum.