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Your zakat in a minute
The quick version of the worksheet: enter today’s gold and silver rates, what you own and what you owe, and see whether you are above the nisab and what 2.5% comes to. The full method, the exceptions and the printable sheet are on the zakat worksheet.
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Questions people ask
What is the nisab for zakat in Pakistan?
The nisab is 7.5 tola of gold (87.48 grams) or 52.5 tola of silver (612.36 grams), at today’s prices. With mixed wealth, scholars in Pakistan commonly measure against the silver nisab, which is lower and reaches more of the poor; the state’s bank deduction uses silver too.
Each year before Ramadan the Ministry of Religious Affairs announces the nisab in rupees for the bank deduction; the zakat worksheet explains the method in full.
Is zakat due on gold jewellery I wear?
In the Hanafi view, followed by most people in Pakistan, gold and silver jewellery count towards zakat whether or not it is worn; other schools exempt jewellery in regular use. Enter it by the tola or the gram and follow the scholar you trust.
Good to know
- The nisab is 7.5 tola of gold or 52.5 tola of silver; with mixed wealth, scholars in Pakistan commonly use the silver nisab, as the state’s bank deduction does.
- Count wealth held for a lunar year: your home, car, clothes and the tools of your trade are not zakatable. Jewellery in daily use is counted in the Hanafi view most follow in Pakistan.
- This is a help, not a fatwa. For a business, property bought to sell, a provident fund or loans you have given, ask a scholar.
Sources
- Ministry of Religious Affairs and Interfaith Harmony The ministry that administers zakat in Pakistan and announces the nisab in rupees before each Ramadan.