Today’s nisab — free for every Muslim org.
A fiqh-reviewed zakat calculator and live nisab display. Drop it into your donation page in two minutes. We pay for the metals API so the entire sector can standardize on accurate numbers.
Live nisab values
As of 2026-05-15. Reference values below are a hardcoded snapshot — the production widget refreshes daily from a free live metals API (e.g. metals.live or goldapi.io).
Classical fiqh references both gold and silver as nisab thresholds. In the time of the Prophet ﷺ they were roughly equivalent. Today silver is far cheaper, making silver-based nisab include far more donors. Most contemporary scholars recommend silver nisab when it benefits more recipients (smaller threshold = more zakat collected for the poor); some madhāhib prefer the gold standard for protection of the donor’s own savings. The choice has spiritual implications — there is no purely-mathematical right answer.
Try the calculator
This is the exact widget embeddable into your site. Fully functional — try changing the inputs.
Reference nisab as of 2026-05-15 (hardcoded snapshot — production will refresh daily from a live metals API). 2.5% is the standard zakat al-māl rate. This tool is for guidance; consult a qualified scholar for edge cases.
Embed it on your site
Two ways to embed — iframe (simplest) or script (better integration with your existing donor flows).
<iframe src="https://amanastandards.org/embed/nisab?style=light"
width="400" height="600" frameborder="0"></iframe>Zero-config. Works on any CMS.
<script src="https://amanastandards.org/widget/nisab.js"
async data-style="light" data-org="your-org-slug"></script>Async loader. Inherits page styles. Org slug enables calculator-drift telemetry back to your dashboard.
Visual variants
Three styles ship out-of-the-box. Set via ?style= or data-style.
Reference nisab as of 2026-05-15 (hardcoded snapshot — production will refresh daily from a live metals API). 2.5% is the standard zakat al-māl rate. This tool is for guidance; consult a qualified scholar for edge cases.
Reference nisab as of 2026-05-15 (hardcoded snapshot — production will refresh daily from a live metals API). 2.5% is the standard zakat al-māl rate. This tool is for guidance; consult a qualified scholar for edge cases.
Reference nisab as of 2026-05-15 (hardcoded snapshot — production will refresh daily from a live metals API). 2.5% is the standard zakat al-māl rate. This tool is for guidance; consult a qualified scholar for edge cases.
For donors calculating zakat owed for past missed years.
A complementary variant of the widget where donors enter their net worth as of each prior zakat-anniversary date. The tool applies the historical nisab and gold/silver price for that date and computes cumulative back-zakat owed. We are sourcing 30+ years of historical metals data from LBMA. Mockup below — implementation Q3 2026.
[Year 1423 AH · net worth $48k · nisab $510 · zakat owed $1,200]
[Year 1424 AH · net worth $51k · nisab $545 · zakat owed $1,275]
──────────── Total back-zakat: $3,525
Free for every UmmahPassport org.
This widget is free for all organizations registered on UmmahPassport. No strings attached. We pay for the metals-price API. We provide it because we want the entire sector to standardize on accurate, fiqh-reviewed zakat tools. Calculators that drift from real-world nisab harm donors — and harm trust in Muslim institutions.
We require an UmmahPassport account so we can notify your org of nisab updates and prevent abuse — but the widget itself is free.
Gold vs. silver — the fiqh reasoning
Lower threshold (~$590) means more donors are obligated and more wealth reaches the recipients. Held by AMJA, the European Council for Fatwa & Research, and Shaykh Yusuf al-Qaradawi (rh). Hanafī fuqahā have historically given preference to whichever threshold is lower, on grounds of caution and fulfillment of the right of the poor.
Practical implication: zakat-collecting institutions tend to prefer this standard. NZF UK, Helping Hand, Islamic Relief all default to silver.
Higher threshold (~$6,750) better matches the original economic meaning of nisab — the wealth level at which a person was considered “rich enough” to give. Held by Shaykh Ibn Bāz (rh), Shaykh Ibn ʿUthaymīn (rh) of the Saudi Permanent Committee, and many Shāfiʿī jurists.
Practical implication: protects modest savings of the middle-income donor from being classified above nisab when their real economic standing is closer to working-class.