How to Pay Fidyah for Ramadan: Daily or All at Once?
Learn how to pay fidyah for missed Ramadan fasts. Discover whether you must pay daily or can settle it all at once based on scholarly rulings.
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Question
For someone who cannot fast during Ramadan, should fidyah be paid every day or can it be paid all at once after Ramadan ends?
Answer
Those who cannot fast during Ramadan due to unavoidable reasons, such as old age or a permanent illness, are required to pay fidyah. The form of fidyah that must be given is feeding one needy person for every day missed.
Regarding the timing of paying fidyah, there are two options:
- Paid daily, according to the number of days missed.
- Paid all at once after Ramadan ends, by providing food to needy people equal to the number of days missed.
Shaykh Ibn Uthaymeen explained in Al-Sharh Al-Mumti’ (6/335):
“The time for paying fidyah is flexible; it can be given every day when not fasting or all at once at the end of the month of Ramadan, just as Anas (may Allah be pleased with him) did.”
Conclusion
The payment of fidyah can be done daily or all at once after Ramadan ends. Both are permissible according to whichever is easier for the person performing it.
Sources: IslamQA
