MADRASAH HASHIMIA TRUSTregulates the charges of Fidyah and Kaffarah according to the prevailing price of wheat.
Fidyah and Kaffarah (and SadaqatulFitr) are circulated to widows, orphans and the destitute.
Fidyah
This is the subsidy for missing out on Ramadhan fasts due to one being terminally ill or
has passed away (in which case it is given out of a third of their
inheritance).
The compensation for each missed fast is to give a Fidyah (which is the same amount given for Sadaqah al-Fitr) to the poor.
Kaffarah
This is a major compensation. If a human breaks a fast intentionally or breaks an oath,
Kaffarah would then be binding as the form of redemption.
If a Ramadhan fast is broken intentionally, one would need to fast for sixty consecutive days – which is the Kaffarah – and then observe one qadha fast.
If more than one fast is broken intentionally, one will be required to compensate with one Kaffarah – by fasting sixty consecutive days – and a qadha fast for each extra fast broken.
If one cannot do these fasts due to poor health or old age then one must feed sixty poor persons.
For redemption of a broken oath, a person may feed ten poor persons.