Zakat on gold at today’s price
The nisab for gold is twenty mithqal, and zakat on it is one fortieth, 2.5%, once a lunar year has passed, as stated in the fatwa of Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Baz published on his official website. Many contemporary scholars convert a mithqal to about 4.25 g, which puts the nisab at roughly 85 g of pure gold; other conversions exist, so the nisab is a field you can change. Since jewellery comes in different karats, the calculator turns each karat into pure gold, counting a gram of 21K as 0.875 g and a gram of 18K as 0.75 g, adds it all up, compares it with the nisab, and gives the zakat at the current gold price in your currency, and in grams for those who pay it in gold. Whether zakat is due on jewellery that is worn is a matter of scholarly disagreement: Sheikh Ibn Baz holds that it is due, others hold that it is not. The calculator does not settle that question; enter what you count as zakatable.
Zakat due for this lunar year
SAR 1,280
or 2.56 g of pure gold
| Pure gold equivalent | 102.50 g |
| Nisab | 85.00 g |
| Value of the pure gold | SAR 51,219 |
| Zakat rate | 2.5% |
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From karat to pure gold
The nisab is measured in pure gold, and jewellery is never pure. So each weight is multiplied by its karat ratio: the full weight for 24K, 22/24 for 22K, 21/24 for 21K and 18/24 for 18K. Someone with a hundred grams of 21K holds 87.5 g of pure gold, above 85 g. Someone with a hundred grams of 18K holds only 75 g and stays below the nisab on that conversion.
One fortieth in money and in grams
Zakat is one fortieth, 2.5% of the gold value. The calculator shows it in your currency at the current ounce price and also in grams of pure gold for those who prefer to give gold. Either way it uses the full value of the pure gold, not what you paid in the shop and not the making charge.
Jewellery that is worn
In the fatwa on zakat on gold kept for use and adornment, Sheikh Ibn Baz sets out both views, reporting that a group of Companions and scholars saw no zakat on jewellery in use while others required it, and then favours the obligation. The site takes no position: the calculator adds up whatever you enter, so if you follow the view that worn jewellery is exempt, enter only your saved gold.