the different facets of paying your zakat calculator.

Giving out zakat is an obligation for all eligible Muslims. But admittedly, formulating how much you need to pay for your zakat can be confusing. Hence, we came up with this mini guide to help you navigate the different facets of paying your zakat calculator.

But before we dive right in, it’s always good to remind ourselves that just by sitting to calculate our zakat, one is also engaging in an act of worship in and of itself.

Who is eligible to pay zakat?
Muslim of sound mind
Free (Not enslaved)
In control of their own wealth
Has reached the minimum threshold for zakat (known as nisab)
A full lunar year has passed over the zakatable wealth
Zakat starts on the date your wealth first equaled or exceeded the nisab and should be calculated on that date for each subsequent year.

The Prophet (ﷺ) sent Mu’adh to Yemen and said, “Invite the people to testify that none has the right to be worshipped but Allah and I am Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ), and if they obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah has enjoined on them five prayers in every day and night (in twenty-four hours), and if they obey you to do so, then teach them that Allah has made it obligatory for them to pay the Zakat from their property and it is to be taken from the wealthy among them and given to the poor.” [Bukhari]

This hadith clearly shows us that zakat is obligatory on the rich irrespective of the individual’s age – showing that sanity and puberty are also not required conditions unlike so many other acts of worship.

More importantly, many narrations emphasize the importance of paying zakat, designating it as the right of the poor, and that one should fulfill their zakat irrespective of the condition of the person holding the wealth.