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NISAAB Grams Tolas Grains
Gold
20 Mithqaals
160
Troy Oz
87.48 7.5 1350 2,8125
Silver 200 Dirhams 612m36 52.5 9450 19,6875
The rate of Zakat which was fixed by Rasulullah (Sallallaho Alaihe Wa Sallam) is 2, 5%
(1/40) i.e. 2, 5 cents in a rand.
THE TIME AND NISAAB OF ZAKAAT FOR LIVESTOCK
1. The owner must have possession of animals for one lunar year before Zakat becomes
Fardh.
2. The Nisaab for Saa'imah animals is governed by the number of animals in one's ownership
and not by the monetary value of each animal. (refer to tables for detail)
TABLE OF ZAKAAT FOR SHEEP AND GOATS.
The Nisaab (minimum number) when Zakat becomes applicable is forty animals which
are more than twelve months old. There is no Zakat if the number is less than forty.
Number
ZAKAAT
1 year old
40- 120 1 animal
121-200 2 animal
201-399 3 animal
400 4 animal
Thereafter for each additional hundred, one sheep that is one year old must be given as
Zakat.
TABLE OF ZAKAAT FOR CATTLE AND WATER BUFFALOES.
The Nisaab when Zakat becomes applicable is thirty animals. There is no Zakat if the
number is less than thirty.
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