Palestine Zakat: give where it is needed most
Zakat is a duty owed to the poor — and few people on earth today embody Zakat eligibility more clearly than displaced families in Gaza. Learn how Zakat works, calculate what you owe, and give your Zakat to Palestine. Gifts made through a Zakat button are recorded as Zakat and kept for eligible recipients.
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The essentials, clearly explained
A brief grounding in what Zakat is, who owes it and how the threshold works. For rulings on your personal situation, consult a qualified scholar.
What Zakat is
Zakat is the third pillar of Islam: an obligatory annual payment of 2.5% on qualifying wealth, due from every eligible Muslim. It purifies wealth and binds the fortunate to those in need — not as charity from surplus, but as the rightful share of the poor.
Who must pay
Zakat is due from every adult Muslim whose zakatable wealth — cash, gold and silver, investments and business assets, minus immediate debts — has remained at or above the nisab threshold for one full lunar year.
Nisab, in brief
Nisab is the minimum wealth at which Zakat becomes due. It is defined by the value of either 87.48g of gold or 612.36g of silver; many scholars advise using the (lower) silver value so more of the needy benefit. Because metal prices move daily, check the current value when you calculate.
Where it must go
The Quran names eight categories of eligible recipients, foremost among them the poor and the needy. Families in Gaza displaced from their homes and livelihoods are among the clearest examples of Zakat eligibility in the world today.
Your Zakat, recorded as Zakat
When you give through a Zakat button, your gift is recorded as Zakat and kept for eligible recipients: the poor and needy among families in Gaza, the West Bank and refugee communities. Our own administration and fundraising costs are not paid from Zakat.
One cost does reach every crypto gift, Zakat included: our payment processor, CryptAPI, keeps 1% plus the network fee before the funds reach us. If you want the full amount of your Zakat to arrive, you can send a little extra to cover it, or ask your scholar how to treat it. Zakat is spent on emergency food, water, medical care, shelter and support for orphans and widowed mothers.
Our written Zakat policy has not been published yet; it will appear on our Transparency page. This page is general guidance, not a fatwa. For rulings on your own situation, consult a qualified scholar.
Zakat calculator
Enter values in US dollars.
Cash in hand, current and savings accounts, and money owed to you that you expect to receive.
Current market value of gold and silver you own, including jewellery where applicable per your school of thought.
Zakatable value of shares, funds, crypto assets and pensions where accessible.
Stock in trade, raw materials held for sale, and business cash and receivables.
Immediate debts and bills due, such as money you owe and payments due now.
Estimated Zakat due (2.5% of net zakatable wealth)
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This calculator offers general guidance only and is not a fatwa or religious ruling. Zakat rules vary by school of thought and personal circumstances — remember to check your wealth against the nisab threshold, and consult a qualified scholar if you are unsure.
Zakat-eligible campaigns
Each campaign below funds aid for the poor and needy, who are eligible to receive Zakat.
Zakat, answered
Common questions about giving Zakat through Fight for Palestine.
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What is the difference between Zakat and Sadaqah?
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Your Zakat is a right owed to the poor, and in Gaza it pays for food, water, medicine and shelter.