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What is the nisab for Zakat?

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Zakat is not obligatory on money unless it reaches the nisab (threshold) and a full lunar year passes over it without its value decreasing below the nisab. The nisab for gold is 85 grams, for silver it is 595 grams, and for banknotes, it is the value of the lower of these two.

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