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title: "Types of Zakat and related Islamic giving"
description: "Annual wealth Zakat, Zakat al-Fitr and other forms of religious giving have different bases and conditions."
source: https://zakat-calculator.org.uk/types-of-zakat
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Practical Zakat guidance
# Types of Zakat and related Islamic giving

Annual wealth Zakat, Zakat al-Fitr and other forms of religious giving have different bases and conditions.

By [World Aid Network](https://zakat-calculator.org.uk/about)·Updated 8 September 2026·3 min read·[How we check guides](https://zakat-calculator.org.uk/editorial-policy)
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Annual wealth Zakat, Zakat al-Fitr and other forms of religious giving have different bases and conditions. The 2.5% calculator on this site is for eligible cash and similar wealth; it is not a universal formula for agricultural produce, livestock or every payment associated with Ramadan.
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## Zakat on wealth

Cash, precious metals, investments and trading assets commonly form part of a wealth assessment. Identify ownership, permitted deductions, nisab and any applicable hawl before calculating the usual 2.5%.

## Zakat al-Fitr

Fitrana is a separate Ramadan obligation assessed per qualifying person under the method followed. Food measures, cash equivalence and timing need their own guidance. It is not a percentage of savings and should not be subtracted from an unrelated annual wealth obligation.

## Specialist asset categories

Agricultural produce, livestock, minerals and other specialised assets have rules that cannot be fully assessed by a general GBP savings calculator. Get suitable guidance for the asset and school you follow rather than applying 2.5% automatically.

## Sadaqah, fidya and kaffarah

Sadaqah is voluntary giving. Fidya and kaffarah address specified obligations or violations and have their own conditions. A donation for one purpose does not automatically fulfil another. Our specialist feeding tools calculate only after you identify a relevant obligation and provider rate.

## Sources & calculation method

These sources inform this guide. A linked source does not endorse this site, and its publication date may differ from this page’s update date.
- [National Zakat Foundation: understanding and calculating Zakat](https://nzf.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/NZF_Understanding-Calculating-Zakat_Guide.pdf)

Scholarly methods can produce different results. See [the method choices that affect a Zakat estimate](https://zakat-calculator.org.uk/zakat-method-choices) and [our editorial policy](https://zakat-calculator.org.uk/editorial-policy). This is educational guidance, not a personal ruling or a claim of named scholarly review.

To cite this guide: “Types of Zakat and related Islamic giving”, World Aid Network, updated 8 September 2026, https://zakat-calculator.org.uk/types-of-zakat