Nisab Today in JOD

Gold nisab by karat in JOD

Nisab is 85 g of pure gold. Jewellery is alloyed, so the weight you need depends on the karat — the local standard in Jordanian Dinar is 21K.

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 Jordan

Jordanian goldsmiths trade 21K, and the dinar's dollar peg keeps the JOD nisab tied to the world gold price. The Zakat Fund under the Ministry of Awqaf is the official channel, and zakat paid through it is deductible against income tax under Jordanian rules — check the Income and Sales Tax Department for the current treatment. 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 Jordan

The Jordanian dinar has been fixed to the dollar since 1995, so the nisab in JOD moves only with the gold price. Salary and savings accounts, Amman Stock Exchange shares and gold — Jordan's souks sell 21K and 24K 'lira' coins — are all zakatable on the usual rules.

Housing loans from the Housing Bank and other banks are deducted only for the instalments due in the coming year in the majority contemporary view; deducting the whole loan would wipe out most people's zakat for decades.

Where Jordanians pay zakat

The Zakat Fund under the Ministry of Awqaf receives zakat and issues receipts that are deductible from income tax up to a limit under the Income Tax Law; check the Income and Sales Tax Department for the current limit. Direct payment is valid but not deductible.

How to use these numbers

If your zakatable wealth in Jordanian Dinar — cash in JOD, 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 (874 JOD 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 Jordan.

Nisab in other currencies

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