If you live in Gabon, or hold your wealth there, this is your starting page — Africa region, Central African CFA franc (XAF) as the money of the calculation, and a Muslim community whose main languages include French. Below you will find today's indicative Nisab values in Central African CFA franc, local thresholds, a local worked example worth XAF 868,483 of savings, local payment channels and local Ramadan dates. Everything is free, and the calculators linked from this page run in your browser with live prices, converting the thresholds into XAF on the day you actually calculate.
The two thresholds a payer in Gabon is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are XAF 4,031,189 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at XAF 46,081 per gram — and XAF 361,868, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at XAF 591 per gram, with the conversion running at 603 XAF per US dollar. Treat both figures as indicative: metal prices and exchange rates move every day, and the live calculator on this site fetches current prices before it tests your wealth. On the silver standard most scholars recommend for cash, a payer in Gabon whose net savings pass XAF 361,868 for a full lunar year owes 2.5% of the total.
In daily practice, most Zakat is paid through a few familiar channels: local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community, mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan and charity platforms and mobile giving apps. Whichever route you choose, the money has to arrive with recipients within the eight categories of Quran 9:60, with ownership genuinely passing to them (tamlik). Plenty of households here 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. Because community life in Gabon runs in French, make sure family instructions are understood in that language.
Ramadan 2027 is expected to open on Monday 8 February 2027 in Gabon, subject to the crescent's sighting and the announcement followed locally. The final ten nights open from Maghrib on 27 February, and Laylat al-Qadr is sought on the odd nights (27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March) the likeliest, the 27th, opening on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The last fast is expected on 8 or 9 March 2027, and Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. Sehri and Iftar times across Gabon are collected via the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, with Fitrana due before the Eid prayer, not after it.
Suppose a saver in Gabon holds XAF 868,483 held as cash and savings — about 2.4 times the silver Nisab — with no debts due. It has passed the Nisab and sat for a full lunar year, so 2.5% is due: XAF 21,712. If the same saver also held gold, business stock or foreign currency, those values would be added in XAF first and the 2.5% applied to the combined net total.
On reference prices, the gold threshold is XAF 4,031,189 (87.48 grams of gold) and silver's is XAF 361,868 (612.36 grams of silver). The working behind them: gold at XAF 46,081 the gram and silver at XAF 591 the gram in Gabon, at 603 XAF per US dollar. Since prices shift daily, so use the live calculator for the binding figure on your due date; most scholars recommend the silver Nisab for cash and savings.
Calculations for Gabon run in XAF — the Central African CFA franc. Balances in other currencies is converted into XAF at the rate of your Zakat due date then judged with everything else . The rules themselves do not change with the currency: 2.5% of net zakatable wealth above the Nisab, after one full lunar year.
Total the zakatable side in XAF — cash, savings, gold and silver at today's prices, stock, investments and receivables. Take off the debts due now, then set the net figure against the Nisab — start with the silver figure, XAF 361,868. If it reaches the Nisab and a lunar year has passed, pay 2.5% of the net total to eligible recipients : on savings of XAF 868,483, the example on this page, the payment is XAF 21,712.
No fixed figure exists for Gabon: Fitrana is one sa' of the local staple — some 2–3 kilograms of wheat, rice, flour or dates — per person. Councils in Gabon publish the XAF figure every Ramadan, with announcements commonly made in French. The count is per person, including children, and deliver it before the Eid prayer. Enter the announced XAF rate in the Fitrana calculator and it totals the household's duty.
Regionally, Gabon is grouped with the rest of Africa; with community languages French. The country code is GA, (zakatsuite.com/ga) — and this address for the full guide. The full set of 209 tools runs for Gabon in XAF, so nothing on the platform is closed to a payer here.