Islamic finance
Nisab Today in BRL
The live zakat threshold in Brazilian Real, from today's gold and silver prices (2026-09-27).
Gold nisab by karat in BRL
Nisab is 85 g of pure gold. Jewellery is alloyed, so the weight you need depends on the karat — the local standard in Brazilian Real is 18K.
| Karat | Purity | Per gram today (BRL) | Grams for nisab |
|---|---|---|---|
| 24K | 99.9% | 715 | 85.1 g |
| 22K | 91.7% | 656 | 92.7 g |
| 21K | 87.5% | 626 | 97.1 g |
| 18Klocal standard | 75.0% | 537 | 113.3 g |
Spot metal value at 2026-09-27; shop prices add making charges and tax. Zakat itself is 2.5% of the value once you are above nisab.
Nisab in Brazil
Brazilian jewellery is mostly 18K (75% pure), so convert by purity before comparing with the 85-gram nisab. The real floats and is volatile against the dollar, so the BRL nisab moves with both gold and the exchange rate. Nisab is measured in pure gold, and jewellery is never pure: multiply each piece's weight by its karat's purity (0.9167 for 22K, 0.875 for 21K, 0.75 for 18K, 0.585 for 14K) before comparing the total with 85 grams. The karat table above gives today's per-gram value of each karat in your currency for a quick valuation.
The zakat year
The zakat year (hawl) is lunar — about 354 days, not 365. Fixing one Hijri date each year (many people use Ramadan) keeps the calculation consistent; paying on a Gregorian anniversary drifts eleven days later every year.
Common situations for zakat payers in Brazil
Brazil's Muslims hold savings in poupança accounts, CDBs and Tesouro Direto bonds — all zakatable at their current value — and gold as 18K jewellery converted by purity. FGTS balances are locked and commonly treated as not zakatable until withdrawable; INSS pension contributions are not zakatable.
Where Brazilian Muslims pay zakat
Through mosques and community organisations such as those in São Paulo and Foz do Iguaçu, or directly to the poor.
How to use these numbers
If your zakatable wealth in Brazilian Real — cash in BRL, gold and silver, money owed to you, and business inventory — stays at or above the nisab for one full lunar year, zakat of 2.5% is due. Most scholars recommend checking against the lower silver figure (6,398 BRL today) so that zakat reaches more people.
Calculate exactly what you owe with the zakat calculator, value gold by weight and karat with zakat on gold, or see today's gold price in Brazil.
Nisab in other currencies
Frequently asked questions
What is the nisab in BRL today?+
Using the gold standard (85 g of pure gold), today's nisab is about 60,815 BRL. Using the silver standard (595 g) it is about 6,398 BRL. Figures refresh daily with metal prices and the BRL exchange rate.
Gold or silver standard — which should I use?+
Most scholars recommend the silver nisab because it is lower — zakat becomes due sooner and more of the poor benefit. The gold standard is also valid.
Why does the nisab in Brazilian Real change?+
Two moving parts: the global gold/silver price, and the BRL exchange rate. Both update daily, so a nisab figure published months ago can be far off — this page always shows today's value.