This page is the complete Zakat guide for Syria, for Zakat calculated and paid in SYP. Below you will find today's indicative Nisab values in Syrian pound, the gold and silver Nisab expressed in Syrian pound, how giving is usually organised in Syria, what Ramadan 2027 will look like, and the calculators that do the arithmetic for you. Everything is free, and the calculators linked from this page run in your browser with live prices, converting the thresholds into SYP on the day you actually calculate.
The two thresholds a payer in Syria is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are SYP 86,907,881 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at SYP 993,460 per gram — and SYP 7,801,466, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at SYP 12,740 per gram, with the conversion running at 13000 SYP 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 Syria whose net savings pass SYP 7,801,466 for a full lunar year owes 2.5% of the total.
As a rule, most Zakat is paid through a small number of well-worn 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. On every route, the money has to arrive with recipients inside Quran 9:60's eight categories, and it must transfer into their ownership (tamlik). A common pattern in Syria: calculate at home first, often against a fixed Ramadan date, then spread the payment over two or three trusted channels. Ask distributors how the money is separated, keep your payment receipt with your calculation report, noting the Hijri date of payment beside the Gregorian one. In Syria, community life runs in Arabic, so instructions left with family should be in the language they actually use.
Ramadan 1448 AH is planned from Monday 8 February 2027 across Syria, pending the sighted crescent and your community's announcement. The final ten nights open from Maghrib on 27 February, and Laylat al-Qadr is sought on the odd nights — 27 February, then 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. For daily times in Syria, use the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and Fitrana must be paid before the Eid prayer.
Suppose a saver in Syria holds SYP 21,063,959 in cash and savings — some 2.7 times the silver Nisab — with nothing owed. The wealth is above the Nisab and has been held for a full lunar year, so 2.5% is due: SYP 526,599. Any gold, stock or foreign currency joins the same SYP total before the 2.5% is applied.
Indicatively, the gold threshold is SYP 86,907,881 — 87.48 grams of gold — with the silver Nisab at SYP 7,801,466 (612.36 grams of silver). The working behind them: gold at SYP 993,460 the gram and a silver gram at SYP 12,740 for Syria, converted at 13000 SYP to the dollar. Since prices shift daily, so let the live calculator quote the exact threshold on your Zakat date; silver is the standard most scholars advise for cash.
For Syria, the money of the calculation is SYP — the Syrian pound. Wealth held in other currencies converts into SYP at your due date's rate and added to the total before the Nisab test . What travels is the method, not the money: the Nisab, the hawl and the 2.5% rate are identical in Syria to everywhere else.
Work in SYP throughout: cash and savings, metals priced today, stock bought for resale, investments and money owed to you. Deduct debts that are due now, then set the net figure against the Nisab — SYP 7,801,466 on the silver standard, or SYP 86,907,881 on the gold standard. If it reaches the Nisab and a lunar year has passed, is charged at 2.5% of the whole amount — SYP 526,599 on the SYP 21,063,959 example worked through above.
No fixed figure exists for Syria: it is the local cash value of one sa' of staple food (about 2–3 kg of wheat, rice, flour or dates) for each person. Scholars in Syria set the rate in SYP each year, and community announcements there are commonly made in Arabic. The count is per person, including children, and must reach the poor before the Eid prayer. The Fitrana calculator multiplies Syria's announced rate by your household size so nobody is missed.
On ZakatSuite, Syria sits in the Asia region with Arabic recorded as its community languages. The country code is SY, and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/sy. The full set of 209 tools runs for Syria in SYP, so nothing on the platform is closed to a payer here.