Zakat
Zakat, kept apart.
The yearly share of savings Muslims give to people in need. Yours goes into its own fund and only to those it is meant for.
Zakat in plain words
A share that belongs to others.
Zakat is the yearly share of savings Muslims give to people in need. It is a duty, not a favor, and it has rules.
- What it is2.5% of what you hold
Once a year, on savings that stayed above a minimum, the nisab, for a full lunar year. The calculator below helps you find it.
- Who it is forOnly those it is meant for
Zakat goes only to people eligible to receive it, as set out in the Quran.
- Open to everyoneIts own fund, for everyone's trust
SAKIDAN is a Muslim family charity, open to everyone. Zakat simply has its own fund, kept apart from every other gift and accounted for on its own.
Zakat calculator
What is due this year
Fill in what you hold today. Nothing you type leaves this page.
- Zakatable wealth
- CHF 0
- Rate
- 2.5%
- Goes to
- Zakat fund
A guide, not a ruling. For your own case, ask a scholar you trust.
How we handle zakat
Kept apart, from the day it arrives.
- Its own fund. Zakat never mixes with other gifts.
- Never for running costs. ENIXEN Group pays those.
- Spent only on those eligible to receive it, as set out in the Quran.
- Kept in its own fund, accounted for to the franc.
What counts towards zakat?
What is the nisab?
I am not Muslim. Can I still give?
Can I give sadaqah as well?
Do I get a receipt?
Pay your zakat
Straight into the zakat fund.
This form gives to the zakat fund only. Pay my zakat in the calculator fills in the amount it showed, and you can change it here.
Beyond zakat, a gift that keeps giving.
Sadaqah jariyah is ongoing charity: clean water, a classroom, care close to home. Built once, it goes on helping.