Wakala is an Islamic contract in which the customer (Muwakkil / Principal) provides the capital and authorizes the Bank (Wakil / Agent) to act on his/her behalf to invest the funds in Shari’ah compliant activities for returns and profits. The Muwakkil / Principal and the Wakil / Agent may agree in advance on the indicative profit amount that the investment may generate before signing the Wakala agreement. The Wakala account is managed by a Wakil/Agent.