FIDYA
FIDYA 2025 (FROM $10-$15 PER MISSED FAST DURING RAMADAN)
PLEASE CONSULT LOCAL IMAM / SCHOLAR FOR MORE INFORMATION.
Who Pays: Anyone excused from fasting Ramadan for a valid, ongoing reason that prevents qada (making up missed days later). Examples: elderly folks too frail to fast, diabetics where fasting risks health, or pregnant women advised against it by doctors.
Amount: Feed one poor person per missed day—typically the cost of a basic meal. In the Quran, it’s “a poor person’s food” (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:184). Today, that’s often 1.6–2 kg of staple food (rice, wheat) or its cash value—say, $5–$10 per day in 2025, depending on location.
Timing: Ideally paid during or after Ramadan, but flexible—can be lumped at month’s end or spread out. No strict deadline like zakat al-fitr’s Eid cutoff.
How It’s Done: Give food directly (e.g., 60 kg of rice for 30 days) or cash to a charity/mosque feeding the poor. One meal per day missed, not per person in a household.