Fidya: How Much for a Missed Fast?
Fidya means feeding one poor person for each fasting day you will never be able to make up (old age, lasting illness), and in some schools in other cases too. Work it out in food or in money.
Work out the fidya
In money
In food
You may give it all to one poor person or share it out; a charity can do it for you.
Who owes fidya?
Fidya is owed
- By the elderly person who can no longer fast, for each day.
- By the sick person with no hope of recovery, for each day.
- According to the Malikis, Shafi’is and Hanbalis: by whoever let a Ramadan pass without making up days they could have made up, in addition to making them up.
- According to the Shafi’is and Hanbalis: by the pregnant or breastfeeding woman who did not fast for fear for the child, in addition to making up (for the Malikis: the breastfeeding mother).
Fidya does not replace
- Days of menstruation and postnatal bleeding: they are made up by fasting, even years later.
- Days of a temporary illness or of travel: they are made up.
- Days broken on purpose: they are made up, and in some cases a kaffarah is due.
References: Quran 2:184; al-Bukhari 4505; Diyanet; Fiqh Council of North America; islamqa 486878.
How much, by school
For one poor person and one day. Weights are modern, rounded equivalents.
| School | Measure | In kg (approx.) | In money |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanafi | half a sa’ of wheat, or one sa’ of dates or barley, or two meals | 1.625 kg of wheat; 3.25 kg of dates or barley | allowed (its value) |
| Maliki | one mudd of the staple food | about 0.5 kg | food |
| Shafi’i | one mudd of the staple food | about 0.5 kg | food |
| Hanbali | one mudd of wheat, or half a sa’ of another food | 0.5 kg of wheat; 1 to 1.5 kg of other food | food |
The Hanafis allow giving the value in money; the other schools require food, and Saudi Arabia’s Permanent Committee does not accept money. Most institutions in Europe, Turkey, Egypt, the Gulf and Asia publish an amount in money.
References: Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta (fatwa 394: half a sa’ of wheat = 1.625 kg); islamqa 486878; UAE Council for Fatwa.
When and to whom?
When
Each day, or all at once at the beginning, the end or after the month, according to Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta and the Hanafis; the Shafi’is do not give it before the day concerned or its night.
To whom
To the poor and needy. Several days can be given to a single poor person, or one meal to a poor person each day.
Through a charity
A mosque or a charity can receive and distribute it for you: ask what amount they use and how they distribute it.
Published amounts (Ramadan 2027)
The latest amount published by each authority, with its date. Updated every year before Ramadan.
| Country | Authority | Fidya per day | Fasting kaffarah | Published |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Egypt | Egypt’s Dar al-Ifta | at least EGP 30 | – | February 18, 2026 |
| France | Grand Mosque of Paris | at least €7 | – | February 20, 2026 |
| France | Muslim Theological Council of France (CTMF) | €5 | – | 2026 |
| Jordan | Jordan’s Board of Iftaa, Research and Islamic Studies | at least JOD 1 | – | February 23, 2026 |
| Luxembourg | Shoura, Assembly of the Muslim Community of Luxembourg | €5 | – | February 19, 2026 |
| Saudi Arabia | Permanent Committee for Scholarly Research and Ifta (guide figure) | 1.5 kg of the staple food | – | 2026 |
| Singapore | Islamic Religious Council of Singapore (MUIS) | SGD 4 | SGD 4 per poor person | February 16, 2026 |
| Türkiye | Diyanet (Presidency of Religious Affairs) | at least 240 TL | – | January 13, 2026 |
| United Arab Emirates | UAE Council for Fatwa | AED 20 · 3.25 kg of wheat | AED 1,200 | February 8, 2026 |
| United Kingdom | National Zakat Foundation (NZF) (guide figure) | £7 | – | 2026 |
| United States | Fiqh Council of North America (FCNA) | $15 | – | February 7, 2026 |
Before this year’s announcement, the latest known amount is shown. A “minimum” amount can be exceeded: giving more is better for those who can.
Fidya, kaffarah, zakat al-fitr: the differences
Fidya
Feeding one poor person for a fasting day you cannot fast, or in addition to making it up according to some schools.
Kaffarah
The expiation for a Ramadan day broken on purpose: two consecutive months of fasting, or sixty poor people to feed.
Zakat al-fitr
The charity at the end of Ramadan, due for each member of the household before the Eid prayer.
Sadaqah
Voluntary charity, at any time. It is encouraged but replaces neither a make-up nor a fidya that is due.
Zakat Al-Fitr: Purifies the fasting person and provides food for the poor
An organising tool, not a fatwa: it presents the views of the schools and institutions it names. For your own case, ask a scholar you trust.