Zakat in Egypt follows the same revelation as Zakat everywhere, written for payers who calculate and pay in EGP (Egyptian pound). This page translates the universal rules into that local reality: practical notes on paying Zakat in Egypt, a step-by-step method, a worked example with real EGP figures, and answers to the questions payers in Egypt ask most. Everything is free, and the calculators linked from this page run in your browser with live prices, converting the thresholds into EGP on the day you actually calculate.
At the reference prices used for this guide — gold at USD 76.42 per gram and silver at USD 0.98 per gram, converted at 49.6 EGP per US dollar — the gold Nisab in Egypt is EGP 331,587 (87.48g × EGP 3,790 per gram) and the silver Nisab is EGP 29,766 (612.36g × EGP 49 per gram). Both are snapshots, not fixtures — the EGP rate and the metal markets move daily, which is why the calculator reprices the thresholds at the moment of use. So the line that matters most in Egypt is the silver one, EGP 29,766: cross it with net wealth held for a hawl, and 2.5% of everything above zero — not just of the excess — is due.
In daily practice, most payers hand their Zakat over through a small number of well-worn channels: community collection points and food banks during Ramadan, bank transfer to registered Zakat charities and local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community. Whatever the channel, the money has to arrive with recipients inside Quran 9:60's eight categories, with ownership genuinely passing to them (tamlik). A common pattern in Egypt: the calculation is settled at home, then the payment is split across two or three trusted routes. Ask distributors how the money is separated, keep your payment receipt with your calculation report, and check whether administration costs come out of the Zakat itself where an organisation deducts them. In Egypt, community life runs in Arabic, so instructions left with family should be in the language they actually use.
The Ramadan of 1448 AH is expected to open on Monday 8 February 2027 in Egypt as elsewhere, pending the sighted crescent and your community's announcement. The final ten nights open with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, the search for Laylat al-Qadr falling on the odd nights — 27 February, then 1, 3, 5 and 7 March — with the 27th night opening the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. Expect the last fast on 8 or 9 March 2027, with Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. In Cairo the first fast runs from 05:13 (Fajr) to 17:38 (Maghrib), and every day of the month is set out in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Egypt — Cairo. Other cities in Egypt with their own calendars: Alexandria, Giza — browse them all from the Ramadan 2027 timetables index.
Imagine savings in Egypt of EGP 136,922 across cash and savings accounts — about 4.6 times the silver Nisab — with no debts due. It has passed the Nisab and sat for a full lunar year, making the Zakat EGP 3,423 at 2.5%. If the same saver also held gold, business stock or foreign currency, those values would be added in EGP first and the 2.5% applied to the combined net total.
The short answer for Egypt: gold's Nisab is EGP 331,587 (87.48 grams of gold) and the silver threshold is EGP 29,766 for 612.36 grams of silver. They are priced from gold at EGP 3,790 the gram and EGP 49 for silver for Egypt, converted at 49.6 EGP to the dollar. Since prices shift daily, so the live calculator gives the threshold of your actual due date; most scholars recommend the silver Nisab for cash and savings.
For Egypt, the money of the calculation is EGP (Egyptian pound). Wealth held in other currencies converts into EGP at the rate of your Zakat due date and added to the total before the Nisab test . The currency changes only the clothing of the numbers: 2.5% of net zakatable wealth above the Nisab, after one full lunar year.
Start with the gross in EGP — cash and savings, metals priced today, business stock, investments and money owed to you. Take off the debts due now, then compare the net figure with the Nisab — start with the silver figure, EGP 29,766. A net figure over the threshold, held a full hawl, is charged at 2.5% of the whole amount — the worked example on this page turns EGP 136,922 of net savings into EGP 3,423 of Zakat.
No fixed figure exists for Egypt: the duty is one sa' of local staple food — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — for each person. Scholars and councils in Egypt set the rate in EGP each year, and community announcements there are commonly made in Arabic. Every household member counts, children included, and must reach the poor before the Eid prayer. Enter the announced EGP rate in the Fitrana calculator and it totals the household's duty.
Egypt is listed in the Africa region, with Arabic recorded as its community languages. Use code EG for the short page — and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/eg. All 209 tools work for Egypt with EGP selected, including live Nisab conversion and PDF reports; neighbouring coverage includes the Zakat calculator for Guinea.