How Much Zakat on 1 Tola Gold?

“1 tola par kitni zakat?” is one of the most searched zakat questions in Pakistan, and the honest answer has two parts: the amount, which is simple, and whether it is due at all, which depends on the rest of your wealth and your madhab.

How much zakat on 1 tola of gold?

Zakat is one fortieth (2.5%) of the value. 1 tola is 11.664 g. For 24K gold multiply today’s tola rate by 0.025. For 22K gold first multiply the 24K price by 22/24 (about 91.7%), because only the pure gold counts. The figures in the box above update with the international rate every hour.

Is zakat due on just 1 tola?

If 1 tola of gold is all you own: no, in every Sunni school. It is below the gold nisab of 7.5 tola (87.48 g).

If you also have cash, savings, silver or business stock: in the Hanafi madhab you add everything together and compare the total with the silver nisab, which today is only about Rs 2,96,694. Most families with any savings cross it, and then zakat is due on the 1 tola as well. Our Ahl-e-Hadith calculator, following the Permanent Committee, also adds gold to cash and uses the lower nisab, so the result is similar. Hanbali scholars do the same for a gold coin or bar, but exempt the 1 tola if it is jewellery that is worn.

In the Shafi’i madhab gold is not added to silver, and worn jewellery is exempt, so 1 tola alone or worn as jewellery carries no zakat.

Example 1: gold plus savings (Hanafi)

You have 1 tola of 22K gold and Rs 2,00,000 in the bank. Together they are above the silver nisab, so you pay 2.5% of the whole amount: Rs 5,000 on the cash plus about Rs 9,643 on the gold.

Example 2: gold only

A student has a 1 tola chain and no savings. Nothing is due, because 1 tola is below the 7.5 tola gold nisab and there is nothing else to add to it.

Example 3: several tola

For 5 tola multiply the 1 tola figure by five. Remember to subtract debts that are due now if your madhab allows it; the Hanafi calculator does this for you.

Zakat on 1 to 50 tola gold today

The table below is worked out from today’s international rate (27 October 2026). It shows the value of 24K gold and the zakat due on it, and the zakat on the same weight of 22K jewellery, where only the pure gold (91.7%) is counted.

The table gives the zakat on the gold alone. Whether it is due depends on the rest of your wealth and your madhab, as the sections above explain.

How much zakat on 10 tola gold?

Zakat on 10 tola (116.64 g) of 24K gold is 0.25 tola of gold, or its value, about ten times the 1 tola figure: see the 10 tola row above. 10 tola is above the gold nisab of 7.5 tola, so in every Sunni school zakat is due on it once a lunar year has passed, even if you own nothing else. The exception is jewellery that is worn: in the Shafi’i, Maliki and Hanbali madhabs it is exempt, while Hanafi and Ahl-e-Hadith scholars count it. For 10 tola of 22K jewellery the pure gold is 9.17 tola, still above the nisab.

How much zakat on 7.5 tola gold?

7.5 tola is exactly the gold nisab (87.48 g of pure gold). If you own 7.5 tola of 24K gold and nothing else, zakat is due on it: 2.5% of its value, shown in the 7.5 tola row. If the 7.5 tola is 22K jewellery, it contains only 6.875 tola of pure gold, which is below the gold nisab when counted alone; many Hanafi muftis, however, count the full weight of jewellery that is mostly gold, so ask your scholar. If you have even a little cash or savings as well, the Hanafi silver nisab applies and zakat is due on all of it.

Paying in gold or in money

You may give the zakat as gold (one fortieth of the weight: 0.025 tola, or about 0.29 g, for each tola) or as its value in money. Most people pay money, which is easier for the person receiving it. Use the market value of the gold on your zakat date, not the price you paid.

1 tola in grams, masha and ratti

Unit	Equals
1 tola	11.664 g = 12 masha = 96 ratti
1 masha	0.972 g = 8 ratti
1 ratti	0.1215 g
Zakat on 1 tola	0.025 tola = 0.29 g (about 2.4 ratti)

Common mistakes

• Using the purchase price. Zakat is on today’s value on your zakat date.
• Counting 22K or 21K jewellery as 24K. Only the pure gold counts; choose the karat in the calculator.
• Adding stones and making charges. These are not gold and are not counted.
• Forgetting the rest of your wealth. In the Hanafi madhab a small amount of gold with some savings usually makes zakat due on both.
• Paying for the wrong person. Zakat is due from the owner of the gold, often the wife, not the husband.

Enter your own numbers in the zakat on gold calculator, or see today’s gold rate and nisab. In Urdu, read سونے پر زکوٰۃ.

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