Egypt Gold Price Editorial Team ·
Understand the Nisab threshold, the difference between madhabs, and how to compute Zakat on jewelry and savings gold step by step.
Zakat on gold is due once your holdings exceed the Nisab and a full lunar year (Hawl) has passed. The Nisab is 85g of pure 24K gold, or alternatively 595g of silver (the silver standard is recommended by most contemporary scholars because it is lower and benefits more recipients).
The Hanafi school treats gold jewelry as zakatable whether or not it is worn, so a Hanafi calculation includes everyday pieces. The Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali schools generally exempt jewelry in permissible personal use within customary limits, while still counting investment gold — bars, coins and stored jewelry.
Convert all your gold to 24K-equivalent grams (multiply by purity ratio: 21K = 0.875, 18K = 0.75). If the total exceeds 85g, you owe 2.5% of its current market value.
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85 grams of pure (24K) gold, or 595 grams of silver. Most contemporary scholars recommend the silver Nisab because it is lower and benefits more eligible recipients.
It depends on madhab. The Hanafi school treats gold jewelry as zakatable whether worn or stored. The Maliki, Shafi'i and Hanbali schools generally exempt jewelry in permissible personal use, within customary limits, while still counting investment gold.
2.5% of the current market value of your zakatable gold, paid annually after one lunar year (Hawl) of ownership above Nisab.
Yes, but converted to pure 24K equivalent: multiply 21K weight by 0.875 and 18K weight by 0.75 before summing. If the total in pure gold exceeds 85g, Zakat applies.