Nisab Today: Gold and Silver Nisab for Zakat

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Nisab on 27 October 2026: silver 612.35 g (52.5 tola) and gold 87.48 g (7.5 tola), valued at today’s international rate.

Rules last checked: 18 October 2026 by Ali Ahmad (site owner; not a scholar review). Rates on this page: gold $4,061.30/oz, silver $54.54/oz, 1 USD = 276.29 PKR, updated 27 Oct 2026, 21:45 GMT+0000 (gold-api.com). Rates are rounded for display; the figures use the unrounded rates.

Own only a little gold? See how much zakat is due on 1 tola of gold and on 1 lakh rupees. Run a mosque or blog website? Show this nisab on it with our free nisab widget. The same nisab, with no waiting year, decides whether qurbani is wajib on you: check it with the qurbani calculator.

Which nisab applies to you?

• Only gold: the gold nisab, 87.48 g (7.5 tola) of pure gold.
• Only silver: the silver nisab, 612.35 g (52.5 tola).
• Cash or a mix: Hanafi scholars use the silver nisab; Hanbali and Ahl-e-Hadith use whichever is lower (silver today); Shafi’i authorities in Malaysia and Singapore use gold.
• Shia (Sistani): 69.12 g of gold or 483.84 g of silver in coins used as currency.

Gold or silver nisab: which does each madhab use?

Madhab	Only gold	Cash, savings or a mix	Gold and silver added?
Hanafi (Deobandi, Barelvi)	Gold nisab, 87.48 g	Silver nisab, 612.35 g (Darul Uloom Deoband, Fatwa 702/702=M/1429)	Yes, by value
Shafi’i	Gold nisab	Gold in Malaysia and Singapore; silver may be chosen	No, each against its own nisab
Maliki	Gold nisab	Silver or gold; ask your local scholar	Yes
Hanbali	Gold nisab	The lower of the two, which is better for the poor (silver today)	Yes
Ahl-e-Hadith	Gold nisab	The lower of the two, silver today (IslamQA 201807)	Yes
Shia (Sistani)	69.12 g, coins only (ruling 1912)	No zakat on paper money; khums instead (ruling 1915)	No

The two weights come from the hadith of Ali: 20 dinars of gold and 200 dirhams of silver held for a year (Abu Dawud 1573). Each madhab’s full rules are on its own page, and the madhab comparison puts them side by side.

The bank’s nisab is not the shar’i nisab

People in Pakistan often mix up two different figures:

• The shar’i nisab is the value of 612.35 g of silver (or 87.48 g of gold) on your own zakat date. It decides whether zakat is due on all your wealth together: cash at home, every account, gold, business stock and the rest. It changes every hour with the silver price, and it is the figure at the top of this page.
• The bank deduction nisab is one rupee figure the government notifies shortly before Ramadan. Banks use it on 1 Ramadan, one account at a time: a savings account at or above it has 2.5% deducted. It is worked out from the silver price when it is set and then stays fixed for the year.

So an account below the bank’s figure is not deducted, but you may still owe zakat on it, because the shar’i nisab looks at everything you own. And a deduction by the bank does not settle your zakat on your gold or other accounts. Subtract what the bank took from your full zakat; see bank zakat deduction and the CZ-50 form.

Nisab in past years

The bank deduction nisab notified in Pakistan for each year, with its source. It rose sharply in 2026 because the silver price almost tripled.

The shar’i nisab has always been the same weight: 52.5 tola of silver or 7.5 tola of gold. Only its value in rupees changes. For a year you missed, value your wealth and the nisab on that year’s zakat date; the missed zakat guide shows how. For the 2027 figures as they are announced, see zakat 2027 in Pakistan.

How the nisab is worked out

1. Take the weight: 612.35 g of silver (52.5 tola) or 87.48 g of gold (7.5 tola), with 1 tola = 11.6638 g.
2. Multiply by today’s price per gram of pure metal.
3. Convert to your currency at today’s exchange rate.

Rates are international spot prices refreshed every hour and converted to your currency. Local market prices may differ slightly; the calculator lets you enter your own sarafa rate.

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