Zakat in Tonga follows the same revelation as Zakat everywhere, for Zakat calculated and paid in TOP. Below you will find today's indicative Nisab values in Tongan pa'anga, the gold and silver Nisab expressed in Tongan pa'anga, how giving is usually organised in Tonga, what Ramadan 2027 will look like, and the calculators that do the arithmetic for you. Tonga sits in the Oceania region, and the main languages of its Muslim community include Tongan, English — the rules below are the universal Shariah rules, expressed entirely in local terms.
The two thresholds a payer in Tonga is judged against, at this guide's reference prices, are TOP 15,710 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold at TOP 180 per gram — and TOP 1,410, the value of 612.36 grams of silver at TOP 2 per gram, with the conversion running at 2.35 TOP per US dollar. Read them as the shape of the answer rather than its final digit: the TOP rate and the metal markets move daily, which is why the calculator reprices the thresholds at the moment of use. The practical consequence in Tonga: net savings that pass TOP 1,410 and stay there for a lunar year are zakatable at 2.5% under the silver standard most scholars recommend for cash.
In Tonga today, the Zakat of most households leaves 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. Whichever route you choose, delivery must be to recipients whom Quran 9:60 names as eligible, with ownership genuinely passing to them (tamlik). Many households in Tonga settle the calculation at home first — often on a fixed Ramadan date — and then distribute through two or three trusted channels rather than one. Ask any intermediary how they distribute, 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 Tonga, community life runs in Tongan, English, so instructions left with family should be in the language they actually use.
Ramadan 2027 should begin on Monday 8 February 2027 across Tonga, always subject to moon sighting which local announcements confirm. The final ten nights open with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, with Laylat al-Qadr sought on the odd nights — 27 February, then 1, 3, 5 and 7 March — and the 27th night falling on the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The final fast should fall on 8 or 9 March 2027, with Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. For daily times in Tonga, use the Ramadan 2027 timetables by city, and Fitrana must be paid before the Eid prayer.
A resident of Tonga holding TOP 8,321 across cash and savings accounts — about 5.9 times the silver Nisab — with no debts due. It has passed the Nisab and sat for a full lunar year, making the Zakat TOP 208 at 2.5%. Add any gold, stock or foreign currency in TOP first; the 2.5% then applies to the combined net total.
On reference prices, gold's Nisab is TOP 15,710 for 87.48 grams of gold with the silver Nisab at TOP 1,410 for 612.36 grams of silver. They are priced from a gold gram at TOP 180 and silver at TOP 2 the gram for Tonga, converted at 2.35 TOP to the dollar. Prices move daily, so let the live calculator quote the binding figure on your due date; and most scholars test cash against the silver figure.
The working currency for Tonga is TOP, the Tongan pa'anga. Balances in other currencies are converted into TOP using the rate on your Zakat date 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 Tonga to everywhere else.
Start with the gross in TOP — cash, savings, gold and silver at today's prices, business stock, investments and money owed to you. Take off the debts due now, then compare the net figure with the Nisab in TOP — silver first (TOP 1,410). Once the threshold and the hawl are both met, pays one-fortieth of the net total : on savings of TOP 8,321, the example on this page, the payment is TOP 208.
Fitrana follows the food, not the calculator: it is one sa' of staple (about 2–3 kg of wheat, rice, flour or dates) per person. Scholars and councils in Tonga publish the TOP figure every Ramadan, because it tracks the price of staple food in TOP, not any international figure. Every household member counts, children included, with the Eid prayer as the deadline. The Fitrana calculator on this site multiplies the announced local rate by your household size.
On ZakatSuite, Tonga sits in the Oceania region with Tongan, English recorded as its community languages. The country code is TO, and the short version of this page is at zakatsuite.com/to. Every one of the 209 tools accepts Tonga with TOP, so nothing on the platform is closed to a payer here.