Fidyah calculator for missed fasts
Fidyah is a food payment for a missed Ramadan fast you cannot make up, or for qada delayed past the next Ramadan without excuse. The amount depends on your madhab, the staple food, and local price. This tool shows mudd and saʿ measures by school, not a cash figure.
The definition lives on the fidyah glossary page. Use this calculator when you already know the term and need the measure for your school.
Select your madhab
Each school has a different rule for when fidyah is due and how it is measured.
How much is fidyah?
Across the Shafi'i, Maliki, and Hanbali schools, the usual measure is one mudd of staple food per missed day. Sila's fidyah glossary already records that mudd as about 750g of wheat or rice. One saʿ is four mudd. Hanafi fidyah is feeding one poor person for each day of permanent inability, often treated as one meal or its local equivalent.
Ibn Qudamah, in al-Mughni, treats the elderly or chronically ill person as feeding one poor person per day. Ibn Uthaymin, already cited on Sila for fiqh research, describes the food gift as half a saʿ of the local staple. This page does not invent a dollar, pound, or dinar amount; convert only with a price your community actually publishes.
| Madhab | Measure | Wheat / mudd / saʿ | When it applies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hanafi | Feed one poor person / one meal | Some Hanafi works use half a saʿ of wheat | Permanent inability only. No fidyah for delayed qada. |
| Shafi'i | 1 mudd per day | About 750g of wheat, rice, or other staple food | Delayed qada past the next Ramadan, or permanent inability. |
| Maliki | 1 mudd of the local staple per day | About 750g of the predominant staple of the area | Delayed qada past the next Ramadan, or permanent inability. |
| Hanbali | Feed one poor person per day | 1 mudd of staple food; half a saʿ appears in some Hanbali statements | Delayed qada past the next Ramadan, or permanent inability. Delay can accumulate. |
How much is fidya for missed fasts?
Multiply the per-day measure by the number of missed days. Sila's qada glossary already uses a concrete example: a woman who misses 7 days each Ramadan owes 7 make-up fasts. If those 7 days pass the next Ramadan without a valid excuse, the Shafi'i, Maliki, and Hanbali schools also require 7 mudd of food, about 5.25kg of staple using the 750g mudd already on this site. The Hanafi school still requires the 7 qada fasts, but not extra fidyah for the delay.
Fidyah vs kaffara
Fidyah is compensation for being unable to fast, or for delaying make-up fasts. Kaffara is a penalty for deliberately breaking a Ramadan fast without a valid reason, and it is much heavier: sixty consecutive days of fasting or feeding sixty poor people. Missed fasts from hayd or nifas are not deliberate. They raise qada, and sometimes fidyah, not kaffara. That distinction is already on the fidyah and qada glossary pages.
Common questions
How much is fidyah?
Usually one mudd of staple food per missed day outside the Hanafi school, about 750g of wheat or rice. Hanafi fidyah is feeding one poor person per day of permanent inability. Local cash depends on staple prices where you live.
How much is fidya for missed fasts?
Count the missed days, then apply your madhab's per-day measure. Seven missed days is seven mudd, about 5.25kg, if your school uses the 750g mudd already cited on Sila.
Is fidyah the same as kaffara?
No. Fidyah compensates inability or delay. Kaffara penalizes a deliberate broken Ramadan fast. Hayd-related missed days are fidyah questions, not kaffara.
How it works
- Choose the madhab whose rulings you follow.
- Enter the number of unpaid days and whether this is delay or inability.
- The calculator returns the mudd or meal measure for that school. It does not invent a currency amount.
Limitations
This tool is a practical guide, not a fatwa. Pregnancy, postpartum recovery, chronic illness, and stacked years of delay can need scholar review. If your situation feels unclear, use the result as a starting point and confirm with a trusted teacher.
Learn the terms behind the result
Read the definition of fidyah, then qada and the Islamic glossary, or go back to the Sila homepage.
Want qada tracked day by day?
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