Zakat on gold by weight and market rate.
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Turning grams of gold into a Zakat figure
Gold is the asset most Pakistani households hold but least often value correctly for Zakat. Jewellery sits in a locker, its worth fixed in memory at the price it was bought, while the market rate has moved on. Zakat, though, is due on what your gold is worth today, not what you paid. This tool does the conversion in one step: it multiplies the weight you hold by the current rate per gram, adds any cash, checks the total against the nisab, and applies the 2.5% rate if you are over the line.
Two things make this a religious obligation rather than a tax. The 2.5% rate and the underlying rules come from Islamic jurisprudence, not from the Federal Board of Revenue. And it falls due only on wealth you have held for one full lunar year, the haul. Pakistan does operate a separate statutory Zakat deduction on certain bank balances around Ramadan, but the calculation of what you personally owe on gold and savings is the one this tool models.
A 100-gram holding, valued and assessed
Say you hold 100 grams of gold and the current rate is PKR 28,000 per gram, with no extra cash. The steps are short, and the only number that changes week to week is the rate, which you should take from a reliable bullion source on the day you calculate.
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The PKR 2.8 million comfortably clears the nisab the tool uses, so the full 2.5% applies, giving PKR 70,000 for the year. The visual below shows how small that slice is against the whole: Zakat takes one rupee in forty, leaving thirty-nine with you.
The nisab subtlety most people miss
There are two nisab thresholds in classical rulings: roughly 87.48 grams of gold, and 612.36 grams of silver. The silver nisab is far lower in money terms, so using it pulls more people into paying Zakat. Most contemporary practice in Pakistan, and the announced statutory figure, leans on the cash-equivalent nisab, which is what this tool compares your total against. If you hold only a little gold and modest cash, which threshold you apply can decide whether Zakat is due at all. When you are near the line, it is worth asking a scholar you trust which standard to follow.
A practical tip on what counts
Zakat is on the gold's intrinsic value, the metal, not the making charges or the jeweller's markup you paid at purchase. Weigh the actual gold content and apply the per-gram rate for its purity. A heavy 21-karat set is worth less per gram than pure 24-karat, so do not value mixed-purity jewellery at the 24-karat rate or you will overpay.
Do I pay Zakat on gold I wear every day?
Scholarly opinion differs. Several schools hold that Zakat is due on all gold above the nisab regardless of whether it is worn or stored, while others exempt jewellery in regular personal use. This tool follows the broader view that the gold's value counts. If you rely on the exemption for worn jewellery, value only the gold you treat as a store of wealth and confirm the position with a scholar.
Which gold rate should I enter?
Use the current local market rate per gram for the purity you hold, taken on the day you assess your Zakat, ideally on your chosen annual date. Rates from a recognised bullion association or the local sarafa market are more reliable than an old purchase receipt. Because gold prices in rupees can swing sharply, the date you pick genuinely affects the figure.