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We are here to ensure the most vulnerable and marginalized have help
Zakat donations are handled with the greatest care to ensure they reach eligible recipients. Your Zakat helps orphans and refugees in most need.
Yes, if you are all these:
This is the minimum amount of wealth you must own for Zakat to be payable on it. There are two Nisab thresholds:
As of May 2020, gold nisab value is approximately $4747 and silver nisab value is approximately $331
The gap between the two thresholds is wide, so although traditionally Silver Nisab was preferred, Gold is now also adopted
What you own at the end of a 12-month lunar year minus what you owe or need to pay at the time of your zakat payment – a snapshot of your balance
As of May 2020, gold nisab value is approximately $4747 and silver nisab value is approximately $331
If your net wealth is greater than or equal to the Nisab value then you pay 2.5% of your net wealth as Zakat.
If your net wealth is below the Nisab value, then you do not owe any Zakat.
Include these as your assets:
Liabilities you can deduct:
Your Zakat payment is due a year from the date your net wealth first met or exceeded the Nisab
Zakat is an annual obligation due once every lunar year. A snapshot of your balance.
Your zakat to IAC reaches:
Any time before Eid prayer
Every Muslim – adult and child
$7 per person - the price of a meal
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