Dengan Berzakat, Bertambah Berkat, Bertambah Rahmat

Zakat and donations (sadaqah) are forms of charity given by Muslims. The two are different in their own respects.
Zakat means growth, purification and blessings in Arabic. Donation or Sadaqah means a sign of sincerity of faith.
While Zakat is obligatory, sadaqah is voluntary. Zakat, which is one of the five pillars of Islam, is obligated to be given out once certain conditions are met and distributed to certain groups of recipients only (asnaf).
On the other hand, there are no preconditions for sadaqah. It can be given out at anytime to anyone.

Nisab is the market value of 86 grams of gold or 600 grams or its cash equivalent. It is the minimum amount of wealth or property/assets that must be owned by a Muslim before they are obliged to pay Zakat.
As the value of gold and silver fluctuates, please refer to MUIS website for the latest figures.

Fidyah is the price that a Muslim has to pay to make ammends for missing out on obligatory acts of worship that are prescribed such as not able to fast due to ill-health, pregnancy or nursing a child.

Fidyah is a penalty that a person has to pay for missing certain religious obligations due to valid reasons. For example, missing the fast during Ramadhan due to sickness, pregnancy or breastfeeding.

A haul is the possession of the wealth/assets for one Hijrah year or 355 days.

You do not have to pay zakat as you did not meet the conditions of zakat. To continue support Muhammadiyah’s mission in other ways, you may donate to Muhammadiyah instead.
You are not obligated to pay Zakat as the conditions are not met. However, you may choose to donate to us to benefit our programmes and services for the community.

In Singapore, Zakat on Salary or Income is not obligatory as currently, there is not a fatwa on such an obligation.
Source: MUIS

Zakat on Savings is based on 2.5% of the lowest savings balance in a haul which is 355 Gregorian calendar days. This period of 355 days is different for each individual and does not have to be from pay day to pay day, Ramadan to Ramadan, or Jan to Dec. If for example your haul is from Feb to Jan the following year, the Zakat will be based on 2.5% of the lowest balance that you have from Feb to Jan. The haul is determined by the nisab value. If in one year, your savings balance does not fall below the nisab value, then you have the haul in existence. If at any point in time your savings balance drops below the nisab, there is no haul. So for some people, they do not have to pay Zakat as their haul is always broken and never completes a full Hijrah year. The nisab value, which is used to determine if there is a haul, is the nisab value at the end of the 355 days period.
Source: MUIS