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What is the best way to calculate zakat?
The best way to calculate zakat is to first determine your nisab based on gold or silver value. Then, you take a snapshot of your zakatable wealth from one lunar year to the next. This includes cash, savings, gold and silver, business merchandise and investments meant for growth. You exclude personal items like your home, car and basic clothing. After totaling all these, if your wealth meets or exceeds the nisab, you pay two point five percent of that total.