How the calculator works

Enter your income after tax for a month or a year, choose Chanda Aam or Wasiyyat, and the calculator shows the obligatory chanda per month and per year. You can add your voluntary pledges for Tahrik-e-Jadid, Waqf-e-Jadid and your auxiliary organisation to see one total.

Rates used

• Chanda Aam: 1/16 (6.25%) of income from all sources, after taxes and compulsory insurance. In special circumstances a lower rate can be approved; ask your local finance secretary.
• Chanda Wasiyyat (Hissa Amad): Musis pay the rate they promised in their Wasiyyat, between 1/10 and 1/3 of their income. Income from property is paid at the Chanda Aam rate of 1/16. A Musi pays Wasiyyat instead of Chanda Aam, not in addition to it. The bequest of 1/10 to 1/3 of property at death (Hissa Jaidad) is separate and is not calculated here.
• Chanda Jalsa Salana: 1/120 of annual income – the same as one tenth of one month’s income.
• Tahrik-e-Jadid and Waqf-e-Jadid: voluntary schemes. Each member decides the amount of their own promise, so the calculator only adds what you enter.
• Auxiliary chanda (Ansarullah, Khuddam-ul-Ahmadiyya, Lajna Ima’illah and others) is set nationally and differs from country to country, so enter the amount your Majlis has given you.

Example

With an income after tax of 3,000 a month (36,000 a year): Chanda Aam is 3,000 ÷ 16 = 187.50 a month (2,250 a year), and Jalsa Salana is 36,000 ÷ 120 = 300 a year (25 a month). A Musi at 1/10 would instead pay 300 a month in Chanda Wasiyyat.

Good to know

• Financial years differ: the main Jamaat year usually runs from 1 July to 30 June, Tahrik-e-Jadid from 1 November to 31 October and Waqf-e-Jadid from 1 January to 31 December. Check the dates used in your country.
• If your income changes during the year, recalculate so your promise stays up to date.
• Students and members without income should ask their local Jamaat about the guidance that applies to them.

Sources: Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama’at publications on financial sacrifice (Chanda Aam, Jalsa Salana) and the Wasiyyat FAQ. Toolfix is an independent site; your Jamaat’s official guidance always takes precedence.