Nisab Today in EUR

Gold nisab by karat in EUR

Nisab is 85 g of pure gold. Jewellery is alloyed, so the weight you need depends on the karat — the local standard in Euro is 18K.

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 for Muslims in the eurozone

European jewellery is mostly 18K (75% pure) and 14K (58.5%), so its visible weight overstates its gold content: 100 grams of 18K is 75 grams pure. Convert each piece by purity before comparing with 85 grams. Zakat organisations in France, Germany, the Netherlands and elsewhere publish the nisab in euros and generally use the silver threshold. 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 the eurozone

Eurozone questions vary by country. In Germany, the Riester and Rürup pension products and the compulsory pension are treated like other pensions — zakatable when accessible in the common view. In France, the Livret A savings account is zakatable at full balance and the assurance-vie at its surrender value. In the Netherlands and Belgium, savings above the tax-free threshold are already reported, which makes the zakat calculation straightforward.

European jewellery is 18K or 14K, so weight overstates gold content; convert by purity. Cars, homes and furniture for personal use are not zakatable.

Where European Muslims pay zakat

Islamic Relief Deutschland, Secours Islamique France, the National Zakat Foundation Netherlands and equivalents in each country; direct payment to the poor is valid. Zakat paid to a registered charity is generally tax-deductible in Germany, France and the Netherlands.

How to use these numbers

If your zakatable wealth in Euro — cash in EUR, 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 (1,073 EUR 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 Germany.

Nisab in other currencies

Frequently asked questions