{"id":3921,"date":"2026-03-19T01:23:40","date_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:23:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/?p=3921"},"modified":"2026-03-19T01:23:41","modified_gmt":"2026-03-19T05:23:41","slug":"zakaah-on-items-of-trade-and-stock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/zakaah-on-items-of-trade-and-stock\/","title":{"rendered":"Zakaah on items of trade and stock."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I have learned that in business, I must pay zakaah on the market price of the goods in store and not the purchasing price. I would like to know if i have to calculate the current profit of each item in the store or can i just make an average percentage mark up\u00a0 for all the items as there are numerous different products to check. Also if after i calculate my zakaah if I don&#8217;t reach this figure i am ineligible to pay zakaah this year due to the high nisaab?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Answer:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Zakaah is due on one\u2019s total savings and items of trade. Any fluctuation in the amount during the year will not be considered. 2.5% Zakaah will be paid on the total amount of savings\/zakaatable assets (minus debts) on one\u2019s annual Zakaah date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One\u2019s annual date for discharging Zakaah should be fixed (according to the lunar, Islamic calendar) and whatever is the total of one\u2019s zakaatable assets on that date, your Zakaah will be paid on that amount.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All items of trade, goods in store, raw materials or goods in production are subject to Zakaah. The current market\u2019s value of one\u2019s goods is calculated on the day one is paying Zakaah. In determining the current market value, one may use the total cost price of one\u2019s stock rather than the retail price (as the profit may vary). Cost price is the total expense incurred by a seller to produce or acquire a product (including materials, labor, and overhead), while selling price is the final amount a customer pays for it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The current Nisaab in Trinidad and Tobago is&nbsp;$90, 215.00TTD (gold)&nbsp; (Calculated on 21 Jan 2026)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>And Allah Ta\u2019\u0101la Knows Best<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Mufti Arshad Ali<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Darul Iftaa, Jaamia Madinatul Uloom (Trinidad)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fatwa-tt.com\"><strong>www.fatwa-tt.com<\/strong><\/a><strong> \/<\/strong><a href=\"www.jaamia.net\"><strong>www.jaamia.net<\/strong><\/a><strong><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Question: I have learned that in business, I must pay zakaah on the market price of the goods<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2260,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3921","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-zakat-and-sadqah"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3921"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3921\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3922,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3921\/revisions\/3922"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fatwa-tt.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}