Pay Fidyah For Who can't Fast(Fatwa Of Fidya in English)
What is Fidyah?
"Fidyah (Arabic: الفدية) and Kaffara (Arabic: كفارة) are religious
donations made in Islam when a fast (notably Ramadan) is broken or
Inability to fast. The donations can be of food, or money, and it is used to
feed those in need."
Kaffara (also romanized as Kaffarah) like Fidyah, is a religious donation of money or
food made to help those in need. Kaffara is made when someone deliberately
misses a fast day.
Fidyah is made when someone is ill or of
extreme age (old or young) and cannot fast for the required amount of days. In
Ramadan, the Fidyah can be made for any amount of days.
1. Allah Pak says “And as for those who can fast with difficulty, (e.g. an old man), they have (a choice either to fast or) to feed 'al-miskin' (poor person) (for every day)....” (Surah Al-Baqarah: 184)
On the authority of Anas Ibn Malik radiyallahu 'anhu, it was when he was not able to fast for one specific year (for one month), he then made a flour dough and invited 30 poor people, he then made them full.
2. A pregnant or breastfeeding woman if she is worried of her and her children’s health.
The Prophet sallallahu 'alayhi wa sallam said, “Indeed Allah has erased any obligation to fast and half of salah for traveler and he has eliminated any obligation to fast for pregnant women and those who give breastfeed.”
There is also another narration from Ibn Abbas, that he saw one of his female slave who is pregnant or breastfeeding (while fasting), then he said, “You are one of those people who are not able to fast. Then you are obliged to pay fidyah and not needed to make up the fasting.”
THE MEASUREMENT FOR FIDYAH
1. The Fidyah price can be
calculated based on the local price of approx. 1.5 kg of whole wheat, rice, or
whatever the staple crop is in the place the paying person resides, which they
eat themselves.
2. Currently, the suggested cost for
Fidyah in the U.S.A. based on the approximate price of 1.5 kg of whole wheat or
rice is approx. $3.50for each day of missed fast, however donors can give more
if they are able and more poor will benefit, insha'Allah.
2 comments:
Assalamu alaikkum brother
Can u please give me quran verse or hathees for give 1.5kg food for fidya or kaffara?
Thank you for sharing such great information, but I would like to add that HCI USA is an Islamic charity organization in the USA that uses a holistic approach to help vulnerable populations experiencing crises with long-term development and solutions. Human Concern International make sure that your fidya donation goes directly toward the cause
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