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Zakah Nisab/Mahr
Nisaab
- Silver Nisaab
- Gold Nisaab
- 1 Gold Tola
Mahr
- Mahr Azwaaj
- Mahr Fatimi
- Minimum Mahr
Zakah Nisab/Mahr
Zakat Nisab is the minimum wealth threshold for Zakat, an obligatory charity. Mahr is a mandatory gift from the groom to the bride in an Islamic marriage.
Mahr
- Mahr Azwaaj
- Mahr Fatimi
- Minimum Mahr
Nisaab
- Silver Nisaab
- Gold Nisaab
- 1 Gold Tola
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Zakat FAQs
Who has to give Zakat?
What is the Nisab?
What are Zakatable assets?
- Zakat is due on
- Gold & silver (ornaments or jewellery)
- Cash held at home or in bank accounts
- Pensions
- Property owned for investment purposes
- Stocks & shares owned directly or through investment funds
- Money lent to others
Business stock in trade & merchandise - Agricultural produce
Who is eligible to receive Zakat?
What is my Zakat date?
What if a person cannot remember their zakat day?
Does a person have to give zakat on his total annual income?
Does zakat need to be given on shares?
Does zakat need to be given on a person’s pension scheme?
Can a student loan be deducted from a person’s zakatable assets?
Does zakat need to be paid on a property which is rented out?
Is zakat given according to the cost price or selling price of business merchandise?
If a person has a conventional mortgage, can he deduct this debt from his zakatable assets when calculating zakat?
Does Zakat need to be given on platinum jewellery?
Does Zakat need to be given on jewellery which is worn and used by women?
On which value of gold/silver should zakat be given?
If a person has gold/silver jewellery with precious stones in e.g. a gold diamond ring, would zakat be given according to the total weight of the jewellery?
Does zakat need to be given on diamonds etc?
If a person needs to give zakat on gold/silver but does not have enough cash money to give then how can they pay their zakat?
- It is permissible to give actual gold and silver in Zakat. For example, if someone has gold jewellery that weighs 100 grams, she can give 2.5 grams of gold as Zakat on the jewellery.
- It is also permissible to pay zakat by giving give something else — such as medicine or blankets or flour etc. – that holds the same value as the zakat that needs to be given.
- One may also borrow money from someone else in order to pay their zakat and then pay the debt off at a later time when they possess cash.
If a person has not paid zakat for previous years, does he still need to pay that zakat or is it forgiven?
If a person has set aside some money for his zakat, can his zakat only be paid using that money now or can he pay his zakat using other money that he possesses?
If a person has a charity box at home e.g. lillah donation box, masjid collection box etc does zakat need to be paid on the money which is inside?
If a woman has jewellery which is not pure gold, then will zakat still need to be paid?
If the gold used in the jewellery is not pure gold (and the jewellery was not bought with the intention of reselling) then the ruling on it is as follows:
o If the ‘gold’ contains 50 percent gold or more (i.e. it is 12 carat gold or more), it will be counted as pure gold in the sense that the total weight of the jewellery will be taken into consideration when calculating Zakat. However, the market value of pure gold will not be used to calculate Zakat; instead the market value of the same type of gold will be used. For example, for 18 carat gold jewellery, the market value of 18 carat gold will be used to calculate Zakat.
o If the ‘gold’ contains less than 50 percent gold (i.e. it is less than 12 carat gold), then there are two possible scenarios:
– If it is not possible to melt and separate the gold from other metals (due to the gold content being so little for example), it will not be counted as gold at all and therefore Zakat will not be obligatory on it.
– If it is possible to melt and separate the gold from other metals, Zakat will be obligatory on only the gold content. In 9 carat gold, for example, it is possible to melt and separate the gold from other metals; therefore, Zakat is payable on 9 carat gold, albeit only on the gold content. For example, if someone has 9 carat gold jewellery that weighs 10 grams, she has to pay Zakat on 3.75 grams of pure gold (as 9 carat gold contains 37.5% pure gold; and 37.5% of 10 grams is 3.75 grams). Therefore, if the market value of pure gold is £50 per gram, 3.75 grams of pure gold will be worth £187.50. Hence, she will have to give £4.69 (2.5% of £187.50) in Zakat. (The rulings mentioned above for gold jewellery also apply to silver jewellery.)
Is Zakat necessary on white gold?
White gold is an alloy of gold and at least one white metal, usually nickel, manganese or palladium.
Thus, white gold is treated like normal gold and is subject to Zakat.
The amount of Zakat payable would be calculated by multiplying the full weight of the jewellery by the price per gram for gold of that carat.
For example, if one has an 18-carat white gold bangle weighing 50 grams, then 50 grams would be multiplied by the price of a gram of 18 carat gold.
Likewise, if one has a 9-carat white gold bangle weighing 50 grams, then 50 grams will be multiplied by the price of a gram of 9 carat gold.
Is Zakat necessary on the medicines which are sold in a pharmacy?
Is Zakat necessary on the glasses which are sold in an optician?
If a child who has not reached puberty has wealth equal to nisab, does zakat need to be given from his/her wealth?
Is zakat necessary on interest money?
Does a husband have to pay his wife’s zakat?
Can Zakat be given to one’s brothers and sisters or uncles and aunties?
If a person has given a loan to someone, does Zakat need to be paid on that amount?
If the loan provided to someone is of such a nature that its repayment is anticipated or the loan is acknowledged by the debtor, then it will be compulsory on the creditor to pay zakat on such a loan. However, one will only be liable to pay the zakat after the debt has been repaid.
In regards to the method of paying zakat on such a loan one has two options:
- Pay the Zakat on the loaned amount on a yearly basis by including it in your Zakat calculation with other zakatable assets, even though the loan has not been received yet.
- Pay the Zakat once the debt is received for all the previous years.
If the loan is such that the creditor has lost all hope of being repaid, then zakat will not be compulsory on such a loan. If one thereafter receives the money; fully or partially, he will not need to pay zakat for the previous years