The short-form Malaysia page: everything a payer here needs first, in MYR, without the long guide's full method. Below: the Nisab in MYR at reference prices, a worked example in Malaysian ringgit, the channels people in Malaysia actually pay through, what counts as zakatable wealth here, and the Ramadan 2027 dates. For the long-form guide with the full method, continue to the Malaysia Zakat guide after this page.
At this page's reference prices — MYR 340 per gram of gold and MYR 4 per gram of silver, converted at 4.45 MYR per dollar — the two weights price out as follows for Malaysia. Scaled to the Nisab weights, that is MYR 29,749 for 87.48 grams of gold and MYR 2,671 for 612.36 grams of silver. Treat the pair as today's guide figures; on the due date itself, the live MYR values inside the calculators are the ones that count.
Take a concrete case in Malaysia: a resident holds 225 grams of gold — worth about MYR 76,516 at the indicative per-gram price on this page — plus MYR 4,006 in savings. Combined zakatable wealth is MYR 80,521. That clears the Nisab comfortably and, after a full lunar year, the Zakat is 2.5% of the combined figure: MYR 2,013. 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 MYR and tested once, which is how the calculators on this page proceed.
In Malaysia today, payers settle their Zakat 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. What is owed was settled before any channel was chosen — net wealth tested against the MYR Nisab (MYR 2,671 on the silver standard) and charged at 2.5% — the channel only has to deliver that figure intact, to recipients who are genuinely eligible. For international giving, check the recipient end is genuinely Zakat-eligible rather than a general appeal, and keep the confirmation alongside the PDF report for that year.
The zakatable list for a payer in Malaysia is the universal one — cash, deposits, gold and silver however held, trading stock, money owed to you, and investments priced in MYR at market value. Personal-use property stays out — your home in Malaysia, your car, household furniture and personal effects, plus anything you do not truly own or cannot reach. The order never changes in Malaysia: then, if the net total has reached the threshold — MYR 2,671 on the silver standard most scholars apply to cash in Malaysia and a lunar year has passed over it, 2.5% is the right of the poor in that wealth.
The Ramadan of 1448 AH is expected to open on Monday 8 February 2027 in Malaysia, always subject to moon sighting and the announcement your community follows. Ramadan's last ten nights start at Maghrib on 27 February 2027, with Laylat al-Qadr sought on the odd nights (27 February, 1, 3, 5 and 7 March) with the 27th night opening the evening of Friday 5 March 2027. The last fast is expected on 8 or 9 March 2027, followed by Eid al-Fitr on 9–10 March 2027. The day-by-day table lives in the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Malaysia — Kuala Lumpur; Fitrana is due before the Eid prayer, not after it. In Kuala Lumpur, day one runs from Fajr 06:08 to Maghrib 19:27. Other cities in Malaysia with their own calendars: Johor Bahru, George Town (Penang), Ipoh — browse them all from the Ramadan 2027 timetables index.
At this page's reference price, MYR 29,749 — the value of 87.48 grams of gold priced at MYR 340 the gram. The live figure moves with the gold market, so confirm the amount in the calculator on your due date. For mixed wealth most scholars reach for the lower, silver threshold instead — in Malaysia that is MYR 2,671 at the same reference prices.
For money-like wealth in Malaysia, the widely recommended standard is silver — MYR 2,671 at reference prices — the threshold the majority of contemporary councils advise, in Malaysia as elsewhere. Holdings that are gold and nothing else follow the gold Nisab under every school — the disagreement is only about money and mixed wealth. If your wealth sits between the two thresholds, precisely so that borderline cases in Malaysia can be settled knowingly, with a scholar, instead of by default.
On your own hawl date: the Hijri anniversary of the day your wealth first reached the Nisab. Because a hawl is 354 days, in Gregorian terms the date arrives about eleven days sooner each year. Aligning payment to Ramadan is common in Malaysia and permitted — Ramadan 2027 opens 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 Malaysia flows through the channels described on this page. The conditions are the recipient must fall within the eight categories of Quran 9:60, and ownership of the MYR amount must genuinely transfer to them or their agent. Use a platform's Zakat-specific fund where one exists, and note the Hijri date beside the Gregorian one — future-you, reconciling next year's hawl, will be grateful.
Every day's six times for the capital — Fajr to Isha — are tabulated on the Ramadan 2027 timetable for Malaysia, starting 8 February 2027. Times are calculated for the capital; across Malaysia, minutes shift with longitude, and your local mosque's published times win any close argument.