Fidya & Kaffrah

Fidya is to be paid in circumstances where one is unable to fast due to helplessness. A donation of £4 per missed fast (days) is required for everyone. This donation aims to feed the hungry two meals a day. Some examples of where fidya would be due include:

• The permanently ill

• Elderly people who are unable to fast

• Those in need of regular medication if their wellbeing could be affected

• Those with any form of mental illness

If fasting is not possible for the whole month of Ramadan, the total is £120.

.This is a major compensation. If a person intentionally breaks a fast, Kaffarah becomes obligatory as a form of redemption.

• If a Ramadan fast is broken intentionally, one must fast for sixty consecutive days (This is the Kaffarah) and then observe one Qadha fast.

• If multiple fasts are broken intentionally, only one Kaffarah (sixty consecutive fasts) is required, but a separate Qadha fast must be observed for each additional fast broken.

• If a person is unable to complete these fasts due to poor health or old age, they must feed sixty poor persons as compensation.

Kaffarah Payment:

Fast missed → £4 × 60 = £240