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No, zakat is only prescribed for Muslims.
Your Zakat donation should amount to 2.5% of your total wealth. Therefore, if your total assets (after any debts owed) amounted to £10,000, you would pay £250.
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You must pay zakat with the intention of paying it. It is important that you make an intention to give a donation as a zakat payment.
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For every year that you owe Zakat, take 2.5% from the total wealth you had at the end of that year and pay that in Zakat. If you are not sure how much wealth you had, you must estimate it to the best of your ability. E.g. It is now Ramadan 2020. You have not paid Zakat for the last 5 years. You need to work out how much wealth you owned every Ramadan for the last 5 years and pay 2.5% of that.
Fitrana is a charitable donation of food that is given before Eid prayer, therefore it must be given before the end of Ramadan. Fitrana must be given by every self-supporting adult Muslim who has food in excess of their needs, on behalf of themselves and their dependants.
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The nisab is the minimum amount of wealth a Muslim must possess before they become eligible to pay Zakat. This amount is often referred to as the nisab threshold. Gold and silver are the two values used to calculate the nisab threshold. The nisab is the value of 87.48 grams of gold or 612.36 grams of silver. Current Nisab threshold (as of 12/04/2021): Using value of silver (612.36 grams) – approximately £363.13 Using value of gold (87.48 grams) – approximately £3,576.18
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There are eight categories of people who are eligible to receive Zakat. The poor The needy Administrators of Zakat Those whose hearts have been recently reconciled Those who have been enslaved Those in debt In the cause of God Travellers (including refugees) A poor person is someone whose property, in excess of his basic requirements, does not reach the nisab threshold. The recipient must not belong to your immediate family, therefore; your spouse, children, parents and grandparents cannot receive your zakat. Other relatives, however, can receive your zakat.