The word · Worship
فِدْيَة
Fidyah
Feeding a poor person for each fast that a person is permanently unable to keep or make up.
Also written · Fidya · Fidiyah · Fitya · Fidyah for fasting · ransom · feeding for missed fasts · Fedya
The meaning
What Fidyah means in Islam
The Qur'an mentions it for those who can only fast with great hardship, which scholars apply to the very old and the chronically ill with no prospect of recovery. It is one meal or its value for each missed day, given to someone in need. Anyone who expects to recover owes qada instead, and should not pay fidyah to avoid fasting.
Evidence · Qur’an · Stated directly in the Qur’an
Read beside it
Words that sit beside it
- Qada (making up worship)Performing an obligatory act of worship after its proper time has passed, to make it up.قَضاء
- SawmFasting: abstaining from food, drink and intimacy from true dawn until sunset, with intention.صَوْم
- KaffarahA fixed expiation owed for certain deliberate breaches, heavier than simply making the act up.كَفّارَة
- SadaqahVoluntary giving, of any amount and at any time, to anyone in need.صَدَقَة
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