Zakat on gold calculator
Zakat is 2.5% of the gold and savings you have held for a full lunar year, once together they reach the nisab: the value of 85 grams of gold. Enter what you hold to see the nisab today and what is due.
Priced in
Cash and savings held a year
Zakat due
USD 295.09
2.5% of USD 11,803.64, which is above the nisab of USD 11,466.40.
- Gold you keep, 100 g of 21K
- 11,803.64
- Jewellery, not counted
- —
- Cash and savings
- 0.00
- Total
- USD 11,803.64
- Nisab: 85 g of 24K today
- USD 11,466.40
Gold is valued at the day's price without making charges, as Dar al-Ifta asks. For your own case, ask a scholar you trust.
How the nisab is set
- Most authorities
- 85 g of pure gold (24K)
- Egypt's Dar al-Ifta
- 85 g of 21K gold
- Türkiye's Diyanet
- 80.18 g of 24K gold, jewellery counted
- Rate
- 2.5%, once a lunar year
Questions, answered.
What is the nisab for gold?
85 grams of gold for most authorities, measured in pure 24K gold; Egypt's Dar al-Ifta measures it in 21K, and Türkiye's Diyanet sets 80.18 grams of 24K. The calculator does each.
Is zakat due on jewellery I wear?
The Hanafi school says yes; the Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali schools say no for jewellery worn in the usual way. Choose your school's view with Count it.
When is it due?
Once your gold and savings have stayed above the nisab for a full lunar year, then every lunar year after.