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Sharia Supervisory Board

Sharia Board Rulings — Zakat

The zakat announced on a CHAM BANK share each year, how shareholders and investment-account holders calculate it, and the Board's rulings on the zakat base.
Sharia Board Rulings — Zakat
Amount due

Zakat per share

For shares held for growth. Shares held for trading are zakated at 2.577% of their market value at the time zakat falls due.
Year Zakat per share (SYP)
2016 11.79
2017 12.015
2018 9.730
2019 9.23
2020 17.781
2022 33.64
2023 116.38

Calculating the amounts is the bank management's responsibility; the Board's role is to set out which items enter the zakat base.

What this document covers

How zakat is calculated

  • Zakat on CHAM BANK shares is assessed after the bank's annual accounts are issued; it may be paid early on account.
  • Where the bank pays zakat on shareholders' behalf it does so on the principle of pooling, without testing each holding against the nisab.
  • Investment-account holders add their account to their own wealth and zakate the total.
  • Funds frozen at a correspondent bank stay inside the zakat base; profit-equalisation reserve enters it for the shareholders' share only; contractors' retentions are treated as cash security and are deducted.
  • Assets available for deferred sale are valued at market value under Sharia Standard 35.
  • Bad debts recovered during the year are zakated at 2.5% of the amount collected.
  • Zakat is due each year on shares whose trading is suspended, because they remain in the shareholder's ownership.

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