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as salam alaikum wa rahamatullahi wa barkatahu

regarding zakat , i have approx. 600 grams of gold. while paying zakat i will have to pay on full 600 grams or excluding the nisaab of 7.5 tolas.please guide.

& also tell me the how to calculate zakat on cash savings or fixed deposits & property owned.& the extra house which is giving monthly income of rent to us.

please guide us.

jazakallah khair.

zareen

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Answer:

Zakah calculations

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Your Question: regarding zakat , i have approx. 600 grams of gold. while paying zakat i will have to pay on full 600 grams or excluding the nisaab of 7.5 tolas.please guide.

If the total value of one’s excess wealth is over the prescribed ‘nisaab’ amount, one would be required to pay the annual zakah on one’s full excess wealth at the rate of 2.5% of its fair market value.

Thus if one’s total excess wealth is 600 grams of gold, which is obviously above the prescribed ‘nisaab’ amount; thus one annual zakah would be calculated as 2.5% of 600grams of gold; ie. 15 grams of gold or equivalent value in cash.

Your Question: & also tell me the how to calculate zakat on cash savings or fixed deposits & property owned.& the extra house which is giving monthly income of rent to us.

The cash savings, and the fixed deposits, and the market value of all the properties (except for the house one lives in), which have been in one’s possession for a period of one full calendar year would be liable for zakah at the rate of 2.5% of its current market value.

Zakah in Islam is calculated on the value of the excess property/properties and not on the monthly or annual income. Even if one derives no income from one’s investments, holdings, or properties, etc.; one would be liable to pay the annual zakah on the market value of these assets @ of 2.50%.

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Your brother and well wisher in Islam,

Burhan