Sadaqah goal calculator

There is no right number, and that is the point

Sadaqah has no rate, no threshold and no deadline. Nobody can tell you what to give, and this tool does not try, it suggests no percentage, because suggesting one would be inventing a rule where none exists.

What it does is take a figure you have already decided on and turn it into something you can keep to. That is a planning problem, not a religious one.

Yearly is easy to agree to, weekly is easy to do

A large annual figure is simple to commit to and difficult to act on. A small regular one is the other way round. Most people who actually stick to a giving intention do it by making it frequent and unremarkable rather than by remembering a lump sum once a year.

So the tool shows the same target four ways, a year, a month, a week, a day, and lets you pick whichever one you will actually act on.

Two ways to set it

As a flat amount, if you know what you want to give. Or as a share of income, if you would rather it scaled with what you earn. The second is useful for anyone whose income varies, and it makes the commitment proportionate rather than fixed.

Either way the number is yours. The tool multiplies and divides.

Not the same thing as zakat

Zakat is obligatory, is calculated at 2.5% of qualifying wealth held for a lunar year, and only applies above the nisab threshold. Sadaqah is voluntary, has no rate and no minimum, and can be given at any time. Giving one does not discharge the other, and the zakat calculator is the place for that side of it.

The part a calculator cannot see

Sadaqah is not only money. Clearing something harmful from a path, a good word, helping someone carry something, even a smile, all of these are described as sadaqah in the reports. A tool with a currency field can only deal with the part that has a figure attached, which is worth holding in mind while looking at one.