Zakat Nisab Calculator: Today’s Gold and Silver Nisab, Zakat Due and Zakat al-Fitr

How it works

Nisab = nisab weight × today’s price per gram, with 85 g of gold or 595 g of silver (Hanafi / subcontinent weights 87.48 g and 612.36 g) · Zakat = 2.5% × zakatable wealth, if it has stayed ≥ nisab for a lunar year · On a Gregorian zakat date: 2.5% × 365.24 ÷ 354.37 = 2.577% · Zakat al-fitr = one sa’ of staple food (about 2.5–3 kg) × local price per kg × household members, or the fixed amount your mosque announces

Zakat becomes obligatory when a Muslim’s zakatable wealth has stayed at or above the nisab, the minimum threshold, for a full lunar year (the hawl). It is then paid at 2.5% of everything zakatable held on the zakat date. The nisab was set as 20 mithqal of gold and 200 dirhams of silver. Converted to grams this is usually taken as 85 g of gold and 595 g of silver; many Hanafi and South Asian authorities, and the UK’s National Zakat Foundation, use the heavier conversion of 87.48 g and 612.36 g. The two metals once had about the same value, but today silver is far cheaper, so the silver standard gives a much lower threshold. That is why many scholars and charities recommend it for cash, so that zakat reaches more of the poor; others apply the gold standard. The calculator shows both, with the one you choose highlighted. The lunar year is about 354 days. If you pay on a fixed Gregorian date you hold the wealth about 11 days longer each time, so the equivalent rate is 2.5% × 365.24 ÷ 354.37 = 2.577%. Zakat al-fitr (fitrana) is separate: one sa’ of the local staple food for every member of the household, including children, paid before the Eid al-Fitr prayer. A sa’ is a volume measure, so its weight depends on the food, about 2 kg of wheat or 2.5–3 kg of rice; most mosques announce a cash amount for the year, which you can enter instead.

Worked example

With gold at $128.00 per gram and silver at $1.83, the silver nisab is 595 × $1.83 = $1,088.85 and the gold nisab 85 × $128 = $10,880.00. Holding $24,000 of zakatable wealth for a lunar year is above both, so 2.5% = $600.00 is due (on a Gregorian date, 2.577% = $618.41). Zakat al-fitr for a household of five, at 2.75 kg of rice costing $2.40 per kg, is $6.60 per person, $33.00 in total, paid before the Eid prayer.

Sources: National Zakat Foundation (UK): live nisab, 87.48 g gold and 612.36 g silver · Islamic Relief Canada: nisab values and gram weights (8 October 2026) · Islamic Relief Australia: nisab on 85 g gold and 595 g silver · Halal Wallet: nisab threshold 2026 and worked zakat example · Musaffa Academy: gold vs silver nisab explained

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