Compensation for missed fasts
Fidya is the compensation paid by those who genuinely cannot fast, the chronically ill, the very elderly, the permanently incapable. It feeds one person for each day missed.
And upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship], a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person.
— Qur'an 2:184
Everything you need to know before you give.
Fidya is paid by people for whom fasting has become permanently impossible, old age, chronic illness with no recovery prospect, or terminal conditions. For each missed day, you feed one needy person two average meals.
If recovery is possible (e.g. travel, temporary illness, pregnancy), fasts must be made up later instead, Fidya does not apply.
The permanently ill, the very elderly who cannot fast, and those with chronic conditions where fasting causes lasting harm. A doctor's confirmation is recommended for borderline cases.
Pay during or after Ramadan, as soon as you confirm fasting won't be possible. Many pay all 30 days at once before Ramadan begins.
Approximately £5 per missed day in the UK (covers two average meals). For 30 days: £150. Pay per day or in a lump sum, your choice.
Each £5 day of Fidya is converted into two cooked meals delivered to a verified needy household in Monuhorpur, matching the Qur'anic instruction to feed a poor person.
Fidya is paid out as fresh-cooked meals through our madrasa kitchen during Ramadan, the timing of the scriptural duty. Pay any time before or during the month and we space distribution across the 30 days.
Confirmation by email when distribution is complete; households are anonymised in the report.
Your impact
Your Fidya feeds students, orphans, and poor neighbours of the madrasa. We distribute meals in Monuhorpur, approximately one meal per pound of Fidya, and send confirmation once distribution is complete.
Approximately £5 in the UK, covering two average meals for one needy person. The exact amount tracks the cost of feeding someone two meals where the donor lives.
Yes. If a relative died with missed fasts they couldn't make up, you can pay Fidya on their behalf.
Fidya is for genuinely unavoidable misses (chronic illness, old age). Kaffarah is for deliberately broken fasts, much more severe (60 consecutive fasts or feeding 60 people).