What does Fidyah mean?
Compensation paid by those who cannot fast: feeding a poor person for each missed day.
Fidyah explained
The elderly and the chronically ill who cannot make up fasts feed one poor person per day instead. Those who can make up the days later do so, and owe no fidyah.
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Questions about Fidyah
What does Fidyah mean?
Fidyah (فِدْيَة, Fidyah) means: Compensation paid by those who cannot fast: feeding a poor person for each missed day.
How is Fidyah written and pronounced in Arabic?
It is written فِدْيَة and pronounced Fidyah.
Where does Fidyah come from in the Quran or hadith?
The elderly and the chronically ill who cannot make up fasts feed one poor person per day instead. Those who can make up the days later do so, and owe no fidyah. Source: Al-Baqarah 2:184.
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