Zakat
5 articles tagged “Zakat”
Zakat Calculation in India: Nisab, Assets and Method (2026 Guide)
How to calculate zakat in India: setting your lunar due date, measuring nisab against gold and silver prices in rupees, and working through cash, gold, investments and business assets at 2.5 percent.
IndiaZakat: The Complete Guide to India's Zakat Crowdfunding Platform (2026)
Launched April 2020 by the Association of Muslim Professionals, IndiaZakat pairs India's most detailed zakat calculator with dual-screened cause distribution at zero commission. The complete review.
Zakat Foundation of India: The Institutional Model, Reviewed (2026)
ZFI converts zakat into standing institutions: UPSC coaching with documented results, an orphanage, widow stipends and disaster relief since 2002. The complete review, including the fiqh position donors should understand.
Zakat on Gold Jewellery in India: The Question Every Household Faces (2026)
Indian household wealth lives in gold ornaments, and the Hanafi position most Indian Muslims follow holds jewellery zakatable regardless of use. The rules, the carat mathematics and the school differences, honestly laid out.
Zakat vs Income Tax in India: Two Systems, One Wallet (2026)
Income tax does not discharge zakat, zakat is not deductible as zakat, and the two systems measure different things. How Indian Muslims run both obligations, including the 80G deduction that softens the overlap.