Missed and broken fasts
Fidya & Kaffarah
For fasts that were missed, and fasts that were deliberately broken.
Both are settled as meals, not as a payment to us.
Each is calculated from the cost of feeding a person for a day, so the rate is published rather than estimated.
Missed fasts
Fidya
Due where a fast is missed and cannot be made up — through chronic illness or old age. Calculated as the cost of feeding one person for each missed day.
Broken fasts
Kaffarah
Due where a fast was deliberately broken without a valid reason. Calculated as the cost of feeding sixty people for each such day.
How we distribute it
Both are distributed as meals or their equivalent in ration kits, to households that meet the same criteria we apply to Zakat.
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Give Fidya or Kaffarah
Both are distributed as meals or their equivalent in ration kits, to households meeting the same criteria we apply to Zakat.
- Held in a separate account from all other income
- Distributed only to the eight eligible categories
- Reported on its own line in our audited accounts