Abstract: The subject of the research of this article is a relatively new economic phenomenon for the Russian reality – sukuk (instruments issued in accordance with the federal law on partnership financing). The object of the study is the process of forming a credit rating of sukuk. The purpose of the study is to identify more advanced approaches to forming a credit rating of sukuk transactions. The theoretical basis of the study is the provisions of the AAOIFI governance standard (GS) 17 "Sharia Compliance and Trust Management Ratings of Sukuk and Other Islamic Financial Instruments" and the "Methodology for Assigning Credit Ratings to Financial Instruments of Islamic Finance – Sukuk" published by the ACRA. The practical basis of the study is 4 real sukuk issues. Using such methods as analysis and synthesis, logical substantiation, comparison and contrast, the article examines the provisions of the AAOIFI governance standard (GS) 17 and the "Methodology for ..." published by the ACRA, and also provides an example of assigning a credit rating to a sukuk issue based on the parameters considered. Based on the results of the study, the article concludes that in order to enter international eastern capital markets (for example, the Persian Gulf countries) in order to attract investment, Russian partnership financing companies must issue sukuk in accordance with the AAOIFI standards, which have not yet been fully translated into Russian. In assigning a credit rating to sukuk, rating agencies should rely on AAOIFI Governance Standard No 17, which has as a fundamental requirement that when forming a credit rating for sukuk in accordance with AAOIFI Governance Standard No 17, it is necessary to take into account the dependence of the key control parameters and the weights assigned to each control parameter on the type of instrument being assessed.