Calculate
your Zakat

To determine how much Zakat is due,
we’ll use a simple formula.

Your total assets, minus your immediate debts and expenses equals your Zakatable wealth.

A

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D

=

W

If your Zakatable wealth is equal to, or above the nisab, and you’ve had it for at least one lunar year, zakat is due.

W

X

2.5%

=

Your zakat due

Before you get started

Here’s a list of documents that would be good to have on hand. You may need them as you fill out this calculator.

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BISMILLAH

Select your currency

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What is Nisab?

Assets

Let's start with assets you own.

Cash

Enter all cash you own. This includes cash in your bank account, wallet and even under your mattress.

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Gold and silver

Zakat is due on all gold and silver in any form (investment, jewelry, coins, etc).

Do any of these apply to you?

You can provide the weight in grams OR the cash value. If you provide both, we will add them up for you.

How do I calculate gold or silver on jewelry?

Gold

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Total gold value

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Silver

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Total silver value

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Investments

This can sometimes feel complicated, but we’ll guide you through, step by step.

Do you have any investments?

Zakat is due on equity based investments. Unsure if this applies to you? See examples of investments you may have.

Which investments do you have?

Select all that apply

Shares and stocks

What’s the difference between active and passive investments?

Active investments

This includes any stocks or shares in your possession for 365 days or less. This is also known as day trading.

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Treat this like cash in your pocket and enter the entire value of your portfolio.

Passive investments

This includes any stocks or shares you plan to hold for 365 days or longer.

How do we calculate this?

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Your changes have been saved

Dividends

Dividends can be earned on short or long term investments.

Do you receive dividends?

If you'd like to enter this as lump sum cash, select No and then add this under Cash above.

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Your changes have been saved

Cryptocurrencies

Zakat is due on the current market value of your crypto.

Read more
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Treat crypto like a currency.
Enter the entire value of your crypto wallet

Pension funds
and retirement savings

If you have access to these funds, Zakat is payable upon it.

Read more

Do you have access to these funds?

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Total funds after taxes

Investment properties
and fixed assets

Simply put, if you live in the property, Zakat is not due upon it.

Do you own any properties besides the one you currently live in?

Was this property purchased with the intention for resale?

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Enter the total market value of all properties currently on the market.

Are you actively renting the property/properties?

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Enter your total rental income. Exclude it if this amount is already added under Cash.

Are you actively renting the property/properties?

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Enter your total rental income. Exclude it if this amount is already added under Cash.

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Enter your total expenses related to your rental property/properties.

Debts owed to you

Does anyone owe money to you?

Do you expect them to pay it back to you?

How much is that debt worth?

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Zakat is not due on debt that is not expected to be paid back to you

Other assets

Enter any cash or liquid assets not already mentioned above.

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See a list of what could count as other assets.

Debts and expenses

Now let's deduct expenses and debts that are immediately due.

Make sure to only include what is due now. For example if you pay rent monthly, you will deduct one month of rent.

What does “immediately due” mean? See common expenses you may have.

Do you have any expenses or debts?

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Your changes have been saved

Zakatable wealth

Let's calculate how much Zakat is due.

For ease of use, we will calculate this based on the silver nisab.

Why use silver nisab?

Some information is missing. Please complete the following, or go back and select “No” first.

1. Cash
2. Investment Properties: market value

Total zakatable assets

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Total debts & expenses

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Zakatable wealth

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This does not meet the nisab amount
This meets the nisab amount

No Zakat is due, but you can still give voluntary charity (Sadaqah).

2.5%

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Zakat payable

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Your Zakat payable has been automatically recalculated based on changes you made above.

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Assets

Debts

Wealth

Zakat payable

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Manual Zakat

Keep track of your total Zakat owed for this year.

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You currently have an active zakat goal and creating this one would overwrite it. Would you like to replace your previous goal?

Enter your Zakat amount

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Zakat amount cannot be less than 1.

Zakat year

Note: your Zakat end date is automatically calculated 1 lunar year from your start date.

Start date

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End (due) date

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