Fidiya
(Restitution for Missing the Ramadan Fast)
Old and terminally ill people have to give
Fidiya, the compensation, in charity to the appropriate Muslim, for each and
every Fast they are unable to observe.
This provision will be met if they furnish,
over an entire day, in substantial quantity, all the meals of an excellent
quality, that a person may need.
It is the common practice to provide the
normal food for Suhoor and Ifthaar, in cash and/or kind, to a Muslim who keeps
the fast without fail.
He/she will be fasting on the donor's behalf
and also on his/her own behalf.
The fasting person's sawaab unto
himself/herself, that is the reward from Allah, will in no way be curtailed.
Most important: The donor will be rewarded
equally and also be absolved, insha
Allah, of the sin of not observing the essential duty of Saw'm on all the days
for which he/she has donated the Fidiya to the indigent Muslim.
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