Ramadan 2026 Fidya

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If you don’t fast for any of the days of Ramadan, you’ll be required to pay a charitable form of compensation.

You must pay fidya (fidyah) for fasts missed out of necessity, that cannot be made up afterwards.

What is Fidya?

When someone cannot fast in Ramadan (due to ill health, travelling or menstruation for example) they should make up the missed fasts when they are able to do so. However, if they will not be able to make up missed fasts (due to old age or chronic illness that is unlikely to improve) they should pay fidya for someone else to be fed.

Fasting is for a fixed number of days, and if one of you be sick, or if one of you be on a journey, you will fast the same number of other days later on. For those who are capable of fasting (but still do not fast) there is a redemption: feeding a needy man for each day missed. Whoever voluntarily does more good than is required, will find it better for him; and that you should fast is better for you, if you only know.
Qur’an | 2:184

Why is Fidya important in Islam?

To make up for missing fasts Ramadan is a commandment from Allah.

Who should pay fidya? 

Fidya is only paid by a person who is not able to fast in Ramadan, cannot make up for the missed fasts at any other time and is not expected to ever regain the ability to make up the missed fasts.

Fidya is only valid if a person has no hope of being able to make up the missed fasts in their lifetime. This means that the following do not qualify to pay fidya:

  • One who misses out on a few days of fasting due to a temporary illness
  • One who accidentally or deliberately broke their fast
  • One who is unable to fast this year due to surgery or the like, but is expected to be able to fast next year

If one pays fidya thinking they will not have the health to make up missed fasts but then regains their health later in life, their fidya will be considered as charity and they must then make up the missed fasts.

Therefore, there is no fidya to be paid by a pregnant or nursing woman who misses fasts in Ramadan as she will be able to make up the fasts later.

How much do you need to pay?

For every day of missed fasting one has to pay the value of approximately 2kg of wheat. Please consult a local scholar on what the exact amount is in your area.

We’ve calculated that this year the cost is £4 for each missed fast. This should provide one person with two meals or two people with one meal. If someone misses all the fasts of Ramadan 2026, they would need to pay £120.

Is Fidya compulsory? 

Fasting during Ramadan is an obligation on all able Muslims and is 1 of the 5 Pillars of Islam. Muslims must pay kaffarah or fidya when missing this fundamental aspects of Islam, with a valid reason or not. Charity, as well as compulsory payments like these, emphasise just what an important aspect of Islam the holy month of Ramadan is.

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