Zakat on End-of-Service Gratuity Calculator — Qatar
Calculate the zakat on your Qatar end-of-service gratuity after you receive it, whether you wait a full lunar year or add it to your existing zakatable wealth.
The amount you received and still hold.
Editable reference value; used to value gold and to set the nisab (85 g).
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Zakat due
1,125.00 QAR
2.5% of net zakatable wealth 45,000.00 QAR
Breakdown
| Total zakatable assets | 45,000.00 QAR |
| Debts deducted | 0.00 QAR |
| Net zakatable wealth | 45,000.00 QAR |
| Nisab (85 g of gold) | 34,000.00 QAR |
| Zakat rate | 2.5% |
How it's calculated
An end-of-service gratuity becomes your money when you receive it, so the rules of zakat on wealth apply: 2.5% once it reaches the nisab and a full year has passed. The nisab is the value of 85 g of gold, 34,000 QAR at 400 QAR per gram, a reference price you can change in the calculator.
After receipt there are two well-known approaches. The first, the majority scholarly view, is that a new zakat year starts for the gratuity on the date you receive it, and you pay 2.5% of whatever remains once a lunar year has passed. The second, a practical approach many people follow, is to add the gratuity to your existing zakatable wealth and pay on it at your usual zakat date, even if a full year has not passed over it. The calculator presents both without ruling between them; choose the one you are comfortable with or that a scholar has advised.
Under either approach the net figure is worked out after deducting debts you owe within the year, and if what remains of the gratuity is below the nisab on its own it may still reach it once added to your cash, gold and investments. If you count your year on the solar calendar the rate is 2.577%, because that year is longer than the lunar one. The amount of the gratuity itself is set in Qatar by Article 54 of the Labour Law: three weeks of the last basic wage for every year of service, once one complete year is done; use our end-of-service calculator to work it out.
- No zakat on the gratuity before you receive it, according to most scholars; the count starts on the date of receipt
- Majority view: 2.5% of what remains of the gratuity once a lunar year has passed from receipt
- Practical approach: add it to your zakatable wealth and pay on it at your usual zakat date
- Nisab = 85 g × the gold price per gram (34,000 QAR at 400 QAR a gram), and debts due within the year are deducted
Worked example
An employee receives an end-of-service gratuity of 45,000 QAR and keeps all of it until a full year has passed, with no debts due, and the gold price is 400 QAR per gram.
- Nisab: 85 × 400 = 34,000 QAR
- Net zakatable wealth: 45,000 − 0 = 45,000 QAR, which is above the nisab
- Zakat: 45,000 × 2.5% = 1,125 QAR
Zakat due is 1,125 QAR. Had the employee added the gratuity to other wealth paid on at a fixed date, the same rate would be paid on it together with that wealth on its date, even before a full year had passed over the gratuity.
FAQ
Is zakat due on the end-of-service gratuity before I receive it?
Not according to most scholars, because before receipt the money is not settled in your ownership and you cannot dispose of it. The zakat rules start from the date you actually receive it.
I have received my gratuity. When do I pay zakat on it?
The majority view is to wait until a lunar year has passed from receipt and then pay 2.5% of what remains. A common practical approach is to add it to your zakatable wealth and pay on it at your usual date; both are followed, so if in doubt ask a qualified scholarly authority.
I spent part of the gratuity during the year. What amount do I pay on?
Zakat is calculated on what you still hold when the year ends, not on the original amount. If what remains, together with your other zakatable wealth, is below the nisab, no zakat is due this year.
Are my debts and instalments deducted?
The calculator deducts debts you owe within the year before comparing the net figure with the nisab. Long-term instalments such as a mortgage are a matter of scholarly difference; the more cautious approach is to deduct only the instalments due within the zakat year.
What is the nisab in Qatari riyals?
The value of 85 g of gold, which is 34,000 QAR at a reference price of 400 QAR per gram. Gold prices move, so update the price in the calculator to the market rate on the day you work out your zakat and the nisab moves with it.
How do I know the amount of my Qatar gratuity in the first place?
It is set by Article 54 of Qatar Labour Law No. 14 of 2004 on the last basic wage: three weeks' wage for every year of service once you have completed one full year, with no bands raising the rate after five years. Use our end-of-service calculator or check with the Ministry of Labour.
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Sources
✓ Reviewed September 2026- General Presidency of Scholarly Research and Ifta
- Article 54 (end-of-service gratuity), Qatar Labour Law No. 14 of 2004 — Al Meezan legal portal
- Ministry of Labour — State of Qatar
Statutory articles this calculator applies
- Zakat on wealth — ZATCA guidance and classical fiqh
- Reference 24k gold price per gram used for the nisab