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Zakat Calculator

Work out the zakat on your wealth: add up what you own, take away debts that are due, check the nisab and take 2.5%, with every step shown.

Enter today’s price of 1 gram of silver (or gold) in your currency to check the nisab; local jewellers and bullion sites list it.

Zakat

$125.00

Zakat would be $125.00 (2.5% of $5,000.00), if your wealth is above the nisab. Enter today’s gold or silver price to check.

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    How zakat on wealth is worked out

    1. Add up zakatable wealth: cash and bank savings, gold and silver, investments, business stock for sale, and money owed to you that you expect to get back.
    2. Subtract debts and bills that are due now.
    3. Check the nisab: zakat is due only if what is left is at least the value of 87.48 g of gold or 612.36 g of silver, held for a full lunar year (about 354 days).
    4. Take 2.5%, which is the same as dividing by 40.

    Gold or silver nisab?

    The nisab was set as 20 mithqal of gold or 200 dirhams of silver, usually given today as 87.48 g of gold and 612.36 g of silver (some use 85 g and 595 g). Because silver is much cheaper, the silver nisab is far lower, so more people pay zakat with it, which benefits those who receive it. Many scholars and organisations recommend the silver nisab for cash savings; others use gold. This calculator lets you choose.

    Please note

    This calculator follows common rules. Scholars differ on some details, such as long-term debts like a mortgage, pensions, jewellery worn every day, and shares in companies. For your own situation, ask a scholar you trust. Zakat al-Fitr, given at the end of Ramadan, is separate and not covered here. The figures stay in your browser; nothing you type is sent anywhere.

    Questions

    What is the zakat rate?

    2.5% of zakatable wealth, or one fortieth. On ৳1,00,000 it is ৳2,500; on $10,000 it is $250.

    Do I pay zakat on my house or car?

    Generally no: things you own for personal use, like your home, car and furniture, are not zakatable. Property or goods bought to sell are.

    What if my wealth went below the nisab during the year?

    Many scholars say the year starts again when wealth falls below the nisab; others look only at the start and end of the year. Ask a scholar you trust.