Iraq at a glance for the Zakat payer: and is paid, in practice, in IQD, at local prices, through local channels. This page translates the universal rules into that local reality: local thresholds, a local worked example worth IQD 4,638,272 of savings, local payment channels and local Ramadan dates. The calculators linked here run in your browser, free, with the Nisab converted into IQD at live metal prices rather than printed from a table that went stale last month.
The two thresholds a payer in Iraq is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are IQD 8,757,640 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at IQD 100,110 per gram — and IQD 786,148, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at IQD 1,284 per gram, with the conversion running at 1310 IQD per US dollar. Both are snapshots, not fixtures — on your actual due date the live tool will quote the thresholds afresh in Iraqi dinar. So the line that matters most in Iraq is the silver one, IQD 786,148: cross it with net wealth held for a hawl, and 2.5% of everything above zero — not just of the excess — is due.
As a rule, most Zakat is paid through a small number of well-worn channels: charity platforms and mobile giving apps, payroll deduction schemes offered by some employers and community collection points and food banks during Ramadan. The channel matters less than the conditions: Zakat must actually reach people within the eight categories of Quran 9:60, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). Many households in Iraq 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 the receipt beside your calculation report, noting the Hijri date of payment beside the Gregorian one. In Iraq, community life runs in Arabic, Kurdish, so instructions left with family should be in the language they actually use.
Ramadan 1448 AH should begin on Monday 8 February 2027 across Iraq, subject to the crescent's sighting and the announcement your community follows. The final ten nights open with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, with Laylat al-Qadr 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 final fast should fall on 8 or 9 March 2027, followed by Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. The first fast in Baghdad is timed between Fajr 05:29 and Maghrib 17:40, with the whole month tabulated in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Iraq — Baghdad.
A resident of Iraq holding IQD 4,638,272 held as cash and savings — some 5.9 times the silver Nisab — with nothing owed. It clears the Nisab and completes a hawl, so the Zakat due is 2.5% × IQD 4,638,272 = IQD 115,957. Gold, business stock or foreign currency would be added in IQD first, with the 2.5% applied to the combined net total.
On reference prices, gold stands at IQD 8,757,640 for 87.48 grams of gold and the silver Nisab is IQD 786,148 for 612.36 grams of silver. The working behind them: per-gram values of IQD 100,110 for gold and IQD 1,284 for silver in Iraq at the 1310 IQD reference rate. Both metals trade daily, so use the live calculator for the exact threshold on your Zakat date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
For Iraq, the money of the calculation is IQD (Iraqi dinar). Balances in other currencies is brought into IQD using the rate on your Zakat date then judged with everything else . Method is portable; money is local: the Nisab, the hawl and the 2.5% rate are identical in Iraq to everywhere else.
Add up everything zakatable you own in IQD — cash, savings, gold and silver at today's prices, stock, investments and receivables. Deduct debts that are due now, then compare the net figure with the Nisab — IQD 786,148 on the silver standard, or IQD 8,757,640 on the gold standard. A net figure over the threshold, held a full hawl, is charged at 2.5% of the whole amount : on savings of IQD 4,638,272, the example on this page, the payment is IQD 115,957.
Fitrana follows the food, not the calculator: Fitrana is one sa' of the local staple (about 2–3 kg of wheat, rice, flour or dates) for each person. Scholars and councils in Iraq announce the IQD rate each Ramadan, because it tracks the price of staple food in IQD, not any international figure. Pay it for each person in the household, children included, and deliver it before the Eid prayer. The Fitrana calculator on this site multiplies the announced local rate by your household size.
Regionally, Iraq is grouped with the rest of Asia; with community languages Arabic, Kurdish. Use code IQ for the short page — and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/iq. All 209 tools work for Iraq with IQD selected, including live Nisab conversion and PDF reports; neighbouring coverage includes the Zakat calculator for Thailand.