Jordan at a glance for Zakat payers: currency JOD (Jordanian dinar), region Asia, community languages Arabic. This short-form page carries the essentials — today's indicative Nisab in JOD (JOD 425 silver, JOD 4,740 gold), a worked example, the practical channels for paying in Jordan, Ramadan 2027 dates and the quick links into every calculator with JOD pre-selected. Need the complete method as well? The full Jordan guide walks the calculation step by step in JOD.
At this page's reference prices — JOD 54 per gram of gold and JOD 1 per gram of silver, converted at 0.709 JOD per dollar — the two weights price out as follows for Jordan. Scaled to the Nisab weights, that is JOD 4,740 for 87.48 grams of gold and JOD 425 for 612.36 grams of silver. Both are indicative snapshots — the binding threshold is the live one on your due date, which the calculators fetch in JOD when you run them.
Take a concrete case in Jordan: a resident holds 125 grams of gold — worth about JOD 6,773 at the indicative per-gram price on this page — plus JOD 638 in savings. Combined zakatable wealth is JOD 7,411. That clears the Nisab comfortably and, after a full lunar year, the Zakat is 2.5% of the combined figure: JOD 185. Notice that the gold is not tested against the gold Nisab on its own here — in a mixed portfolio the assets are valued together in JOD and tested once, which is how the calculators on this page proceed.
In daily practice, most Zakat is paid through the same short list of routes: bank transfer to registered Zakat charities, local Zakat committees that collect and distribute within the community and mosque collections, especially around Jumu'ah and during Ramadan. The route changes nothing about the amount — net wealth tested against the JOD Nisab (JOD 425 on the silver standard) and charged at 2.5% — the channel only has to deliver that figure intact, to recipients who are genuinely eligible. If your Zakat leaves Jordan, confirm the destination is a Zakat fund, not a general appeal, and keep the confirmation alongside the PDF report for that year.
In Jordan, as everywhere, the test falls on owned, accessible wealth: cash in hand and in the bank, savings and deposits, gold and silver in any form, stock bought for resale, business inventory and receivables, investments and crypto at market value — all of it converted into JOD where necessary. Excluded by agreement: your home in Jordan, your car, household furniture and personal effects, plus anything you do not truly own or cannot reach. Debts due now come off before the Nisab test; value in JOD, deduct what is due, test the net against the Nisab, and charge one-fortieth of the whole net figure once a lunar year has passed.
Ramadan 1448 should begin on Monday 8 February 2027 for Jordan as for most of the world, subject to the sighting of the new moon and the announcement your community follows. The last ten nights begin with the Maghrib of 27 February 2027, the search for Laylat al-Qadr falling on the odd nights that open on 27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March with the 27th night opening 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. Daily times are tabulated in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Jordan — Amman; Fitrana is due before the Eid prayer, not after it. In Amman, day one runs from Fajr 06:02 to Maghrib 18:21.
At this page's reference price, the gold Nisab is JOD 4,740, the value of 87.48 grams of gold at the reference JOD 54 per gram used on this page. It is a moving figure by design: so confirm the amount in the calculator on your due date. Of the two thresholds it is the higher, in Jordan that is JOD 425 at the same reference prices.
For money-like wealth in Jordan, most scholars and fatwa councils recommend the silver Nisab (JOD 425 indicatively) because it obligates more wealth and benefits more poor people. Wealth held purely as gold is a different case: there, all schools test against the gold threshold (JOD 4,740). Between JOD 425 and JOD 4,740 the choice is the duty, precisely so that borderline cases in Jordan can be settled knowingly, with a scholar, instead of by default.
On the anniversary, counted in the lunar calendar, the Hijri anniversary of the day your wealth first reached the Nisab. Count it in lunar years of 354 days; in Gregorian terms the date arrives about eleven days sooner each year. Many people in Jordan choose Ramadan for the reward — Ramadan 2027 begins on 8 February 2027 — provided an earlier hawl is not left unpaid in the meantime; advance payment is valid, delay without excuse is not.
Yes, and most online giving from Jordan flows through the channels described on this page. Two conditions govern it: that the recipient is Zakat-eligible under Quran 9:60 and that ownership of the money genuinely passes to them or their appointed agent. Keep the platform's confirmation with your PDF report for Jordan, keep the confirmation email or receipt with your calculation report, and record the Hijri date of payment as well as the Gregorian one.
Open the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Jordan: starting 8 February 2027. The table is computed for the capital, so distance matters: if you live far from it, allow for your local difference or check your mosque's timetable.