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Purify your wealth while giving hope to those in need

Perform your religious obligation of donating 2.50% of your wealth through Zakat al-Maal or Almsgiving.

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Purify your wealth while giving hope to those in need

Perform your religious obligation of donating 2.50% of your wealth through Zakat al-Maal or Almsgiving.

Calculate Your Zakat

What is Zakat?

Zakat is the amount of money that every adult, mentally stable, free, and financially able Muslim, male and female, has to pay to support specific categories of people. To learn more, scroll down to Zakat 101 below.

What is Zakat?

Mufti Faraz Adam

Mufti Faraz Adam is a globally recognized expert in Islamic Finance, Islamic Social Finance & Islamic FinTech. He is advising several global Islamic financial institutions spread across the UK, US, Canada, Malaysia, Singapore, UAE and other countries. He recently authored a book on Islamic Fintech called ‘Introduction to Islamic Fintech’, and has written several research papers on Islamic Finance and complex products.

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The basics of Zakat. When, how, and who is eligible for zakat al-maal.
01
Passage of One Lunar Year
Zakat is obligatory after a time span of one lunar year passes from when a person initially owns wealth that equals the Nisab (threshold).

Then, the owner needs to pay 2.5% (or 1/40) on the money in their possession at the end of the lunar year.

A lunar year is approximately 355 days.
02
Deduction of Debts
The owner should deduct any amount of money he or she borrowed from others; then check if the rest reaches the necessary Nisab then pay Zakat for it.

If the owner had enough money to satisfy the Nisab at the beginning of the year, then the money increased (in profits, salaries, inheritance, grants, etc.), the owner needs to add the increase to the Nisab amount that they owned at the beginning of the year as long as they are still in ownership of it at the end of the year.

Then, the owner pays Zakat (2.5%) of the total at the end of the lunar year.

There are small differences in the Fiqh schools here - it is best to work out the details with your Local Mufti or Imam.
03
Individual Responsibility
Each Muslim calculates his or her own Zakat individually.

For most purposes this involves the payment each year of two and a half percent of one’s capital.

A pious person may also give as much as he or she pleases as Sadaqa, and does so preferably in secret.

Although this word can be translated as ‘voluntary charity’ it has a wider meaning.

The Prophet (SAW) said, ‘Even meeting your brother with a cheerful face is charity.’

01
The basics of Zakat
When, how, and who is eligible for zakat al-maal.
Passage of One Lunar Year
Zakat is obligatory after a time span of one lunar year passes from when a person initially owns wealth that equals the Nisab (threshold).

Then, the owner needs to pay 2.5% (or 1/40) on the money in their possession at the end of the lunar year.

A lunar year is approximately 355 days.
02
Deduction of Debts
The owner should deduct any amount of money he or she borrowed from others; then check if the rest reaches the necessary Nisab then pay Zakat for it.

If the owner had enough money to satisfy the Nisab at the beginning of the year, then the money increased (in profits, salaries, inheritance, grants, etc.), the owner needs to add the increase to the Nisab amount that they owned at the beginning of the year as long as they are still in ownership of it at the end of the year.

Then, the owner pays Zakat (2.5%) of the total at the end of the lunar year.

There are small differences in the Fiqh schools here - it is best to work out the details with your Local Mufti or Imam.
03
Individual Responsibility
Each Muslim calculates his or her own Zakat individually.

For most purposes this involves the payment each year of two and a half percent of one’s capital.

A pious person may also give as much as he or she pleases as Sadaqa, and does so preferably in secret.

Although this word can be translated as ‘voluntary charity’ it has a wider meaning.

The Prophet (SAW) said, ‘Even meeting your brother with a cheerful face is charity.’

01
The basics of Zakat
When, how, and who is eligible for zakat al-maal.
Passage of One Lunar Year
Zakat is obligatory after a time span of one lunar year passes from when a person initially owns wealth that equals the Nisab (threshold).

Then, the owner needs to pay 2.5% (or 1/40) on the money in their possession at the end of the lunar year.

A lunar year is approximately 355 days.
02
Deduction of Debts

The owner should deduct any amount of money he or she borrowed from others; then check if the rest reaches the necessary Nisab then pay Zakat for it.

If the owner had enough money to satisfy the Nisab at the beginning of the year, then the money increased (in profits, salaries, inheritance, grants, etc.), the owner needs to add the increase to the Nisab amount that they owned at the beginning of the year as long as they are still in ownership of it at the end of the year.

Then, the owner pays Zakat (2.5%) of the total at the end of the lunar year.

There are small differences in the Fiqh schools here - it is best to work out the details with your Local Mufti or Imam.
03
Individual Responsibility
Each Muslim calculates his or her own Zakat individually.

For most purposes this involves the payment each year of two and a half percent of one’s capital.

A pious person may also give as much as he or she pleases as Sadaqa, and does so preferably in secret.

Although this word can be translated as ‘voluntary charity’ it has a wider meaning.

The Prophet (SAW) said, ‘Even meeting your brother with a cheerful face is charity.’

The common categories
of people eligible for
Zakat in Canada

1.

Fakir: One who has neither material possessions nor means of livelihood.

2.

Gharmin: One who is in debt (money borrowed to meet basic, Halal expenditure).

3.

Miskin: One with insufficient means of livelihood to meet basic needs.

4.

Ibn Sabil: One who is stranded.

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Assets

Cash

Gold

Silver

Debts Owed

Stocks Long

Stocks Short

RRSP

RESP

Crypto

Properties

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Liabilities and Deductions

Personal Liabilities

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Total Assets

Total Liabilities

Zakatable Assets

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