Zakat is not charity. It is the share of your wealth that was never yours to keep — a right the poor hold over it, and the third pillar of Islam. Paying it does not diminish what you own; it purifies it.

Zakat falls due once your wealth passes the nisab — the threshold below which nothing is owed — and has stayed above it for one lunar year. We calculate the nisab as the value of 80.18 grams of gold. Above that threshold the amount is one fortieth of your qualifying wealth: 2.5%.

The obligation comes once a year, on the day your lunar year completes. You do not have to wait for that day. Zakat may be paid in advance, and it may be given in instalments across the year rather than in one payment — many people find it easier to give a little each month and settle the balance when their date arrives.

Your zakat is passed to those eligible to receive it in the communities we serve.