Fidya Calculator
Missed fasts,
squared away.
Compute the fidya (ransom) owed for fasts that cannot be made up — feeding one poor person per missed day, in your local currency.
Default assumes the cost of one simple local meal. Adjust to your region — e.g. the cost of feeding someone at a masjid iftar.
Total Fidya Due
S$120.00
30 meals · 30 missed days
Planning aid, not fatwa
Eligibility for fidya (instead of making up fasts) is a scholarly question — schools differ on who owes fidya and who must do qaḍāʾ. Use this tool for arithmetic; consult a trusted local scholar or imām for the ruling in your specific case.
Who typically owes fidya
Chronically ill
Those whose illness is expected to be permanent (no realistic hope of recovery) and who cannot fast now or later.
Elderly
Those whose age makes fasting unreasonably difficult and for whom making up days is impractical.
Pregnant or nursing
Depending on madhhab and circumstance — some schools require qaḍāʾ only, others fidya plus qaḍāʾ. Consult a local scholar.
Those who died
Relatives may pay fidya on behalf of a deceased person who left unfasted days and was unable to make them up in their lifetime.
How fidya works
- 01
Count the missed days
List the fasts you could not keep and cannot reasonably make up. Only these days are subject to fidya.
- 02
One meal for one poor person
Each missed day is ransomed by feeding one poor Muslim for a day — classically a mudd of staple food, today typically its cash equivalent.
- 03
Distribute the total
Give it directly to the poor, to a trusted masjid, or via an established charity. You may give the total to one person over many days or to many people on one day.