Silver nisab, 612.36 g
…200 dirhams, 52.5 tola
Nisab today, gold and silver, live
The nisab is the minimum wealth on which zakat is due. See today's silver and gold nisab in your currency at live prices, and check whether your wealth is above it.
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Hanafi scholars use the silver nisab for cash and mixed wealth, because it is lower and better for the poor.
Gold nisab, 87.48 g
…20 mithqal, 7.5 tola
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Guide
The nisab, what it is and which one to use
The nisab is the minimum amount of wealth a Muslim must own before zakat is due. It is 612.36 g of silver (200 dirhams) or 87.48 g of gold (20 mithqal). The weights never change; their value moves with the price of silver and gold, which is why the nisab in money is different every day. The figures above use live spot prices.
Silver or gold nisab?
Hanafi position
When your wealth is cash, savings, trade goods or a mix of different kinds, use the silver nisab, because it is lower and so more of the poor are helped. Gold, silver, cash and trade goods are added together by value to reach it. If you own only gold and nothing else zakatable, the gold nisab of 87.48 g applies to it.1
Other madhhabs
- Shafi'i
- Gold and silver each have their own nisab and are not added together. Many contemporary Shafi'i scholars use the gold nisab for cash.
- Maliki
- Gold and silver are added together to reach the nisab, by count rather than value.
- Hanbali
- Gold and silver are added together by value, as in the Hanafi school. Many contemporary Hanbali scholars use the silver nisab for cash.
Why 612.36 g and 87.48 g, and not 595 g and 85 g?
The Prophet ﷺ set the nisab at 200 dirhams of silver and 20 dinars (mithqal) of gold.2 Hanafi institutions such as Darul Uloom Deoband convert them with a tola of 11.664 g: 52.5 tola of silver = 612.36 g, and 7.5 tola of gold = 87.48 g. Others use a lighter dirham and dinar from historical coins, which gives about 595 g and 85 g. Both are shown above. AmalKit uses 612.36 g and 87.48 g by default, as in our zakat calculator.
How to use the nisab
- Add up what you own that is zakatable: cash, bank balances, gold and silver, shares and funds, business stock and money owed to you.
- Take off the debts you owe now.
- If what is left is at or above the nisab, and you have held at least the nisab for a full lunar year, zakat of 2.5% is due on all of it, not just the part above the nisab.
For example, if the silver nisab is 1,000 US dollars on your zakat date, someone who has had 5,000 dollars in savings for a lunar year pays 2.5% of 5,000: 125 dollars. Work out yours in full with the zakat calculator.
When is the nisab checked?
Hanafi position
What matters is owning the nisab at the start and at the end of the lunar year. If your wealth dips below it in between but does not vanish completely, the year carries on.
Other madhhabs
- Shafi'i, Hanbali
- The nisab must stay complete for the whole year. If it drops below at any point, a new year starts when it is reached again.
Many people pick a fixed date, such as the 1st of Ramadan, and check the nisab on that day each year.
- Al-Marghinani, al-Hidayah, Kitab al-Zakat; Ibn Abidin, Radd al-Muhtar. The other madhhabs' positions are summarised from their standard manuals.
- Sunan Abi Dawud, from Ali ibn Abi Talib; and Sahih al-Bukhari and Sahih Muslim, from Abu Said al-Khudri, on five uqiyah (200 dirhams) of silver.
The rulings on this page are pending review by the scholars on our team.
Questions
Good to know
What is the nisab for zakat today?
It is the value of 612.36 g of silver or 87.48 g of gold at today's price. The tool above shows both in your currency, from live prices refreshed every hour.
Should I use the gold or silver nisab?
Hanafi scholars say to use the silver nisab for cash and mixed wealth, because it is lower and better for the poor. If you own only gold, the gold nisab applies.
What is the nisab in tola?
52.5 tola of silver or 7.5 tola of gold, with one tola at 11.664 g.
Is zakat due only on the amount above the nisab?
No. Once your wealth reaches the nisab and a lunar year has passed, zakat is 2.5% of the whole amount.
Why do some charities give a different nisab?
Some use 595 g of silver and 85 g of gold, from a lighter weight for the dirham and dinar. Hanafi institutions mostly use 612.36 g and 87.48 g.