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Calculate Fidyah for missed Ramadan fasts. Based on current UK meal costs. Covers Hanafi and other schools of thought.
Missed fasting days
How many days you could not fast (this Ramadan + any previous years)
days
School of thought
Meal cost (optional)
Default: £5 per meal (UK average). Adjust if your local mosque uses a different rate.
Total Fidyah due
£300
30 days × 2 meals × £5
+ 25% with Gift Aid
If you pay through a charity with Gift Aid, your £300 becomes £375.
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Allah says in the Quran (2:184): “[Fasting for] a limited number of days. So whoever among you is ill or on a journey — then an equal number of days [are to be made up]. And upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] — a ransom [as substitute] of feeding a poor person.” This verse establishes that those who cannot fast may compensate by feeding the poor.
The Hanafi school of thought requires feeding two meals per missed fast (equivalent to the two meals a fasting person would eat — suhoor and iftar). Other schools (Shafi'i, Maliki, Hanbali) require one mudd of staple food per day, roughly equivalent to one meal. Both positions are valid — consult your local scholar.
If you missed fasts due to a temporary illness, travel, pregnancy, or breastfeeding — and you expect to be able to fast later — you should make up the fasts (qada) rather than pay Fidyah. Fidyah is specifically for those with permanent inability: chronic illness, old age, or conditions that will not improve.
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Fidyah is a religious compensation paid by Muslims who are unable to fast during Ramadan due to valid reasons such as chronic illness, old age, pregnancy, or breastfeeding. Instead of fasting, they feed a poor person for each day missed. It is mentioned in the Quran (2:184): 'And upon those who are able [to fast, but with hardship] — a ransom of feeding a poor person.'
Fidyah is for those who genuinely cannot fast and have no prospect of making up the fasts later. This includes: the elderly who are too weak to fast, people with chronic (permanent) illnesses, pregnant or breastfeeding women (according to some scholars), and those with long-term medical conditions. If you can make up the fasts later, you should do so instead of paying Fidyah.
The minimum Fidyah is the cost of one average meal per missed fast day (approximately £5 in the UK for 2026). The Hanafi school requires feeding two meals per day, making it approximately £10 per day. These are minimum amounts — you may pay more if you wish.
Fidyah is for those who cannot fast at all due to genuine inability. Kaffarah is the penalty for deliberately breaking a fast without a valid reason — it requires fasting 60 consecutive days or feeding 60 poor people. Kaffarah is significantly larger than Fidyah because it is a penalty rather than a compensation.
Yes, if you missed fasts in previous Ramadans and were unable to make them up, you should pay Fidyah for those missed days as well. Enter the total number of missed days across all years in the calculator above.
Fidyah should be given to feed the poor. Many UK mosques and charities collect Fidyah and distribute it to those in need. You can pay directly to a local food bank, or through your mosque's Fidyah collection. PledgeNow helps mosques collect Fidyah pledges digitally.
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