Pay your £5 Zakat ul Fitr, ensure your Ramadan is accepted and spread Eid blessings
Donate nowPay your £5 Zakat ul Fitr, ensure your Ramadan is accepted and spread Eid blessings
Donate nowPay your £5 Zakat ul Fitr, ensure your Ramadan is accepted and spread Eid blessings
Donate nowPay your £5 Zakat ul Fitr, ensure your Ramadan is accepted and spread Eid blessings
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While Ramadan is a time of reflection and spiritual renewal, for millions of people in Gaza, Syria, and Pakistan, it is also a time of desperate hunger. Families displaced by conflict, day labourers with no income, and communities already pushed to the edge are facing another Ramadan without the certainty of a meal at Iftar.
Your Fidya and Kaffarah payments are a direct response to this crisis. Islam's mercy — the provision for those who cannot fast — becomes a lifeline for those who cannot eat. When you pay your Fidya through Human Appeal, your donation is converted into real, nourishing meals delivered to people who need them most this Ramadan.
Whether you missed fasts due to illness, pregnancy, old age, or travel, or broke a fast without a valid excuse and owe Kaffarah, your obligation can be fulfilled today — and the impact will be felt immediately by a vulnerable family breaking their fast tonight.
Only include fasts you are unable to make up now or in the future.
This amount will be used to provide food to 1 person in need on your behalf.
Your donation doesn't sit in a queue. Human Appeal's field teams are already on the ground in Gaza, Syria, and Pakistan — sourcing, preparing, and distributing meals throughout Ramadan.
How it works:
Quran 2:184"Fast a prescribed number of days. But whoever of you is ill or on a journey, then let them fast an equal number of days after Ramadan. For those who can only fast with extreme difficulty, compensation can be made by feeding a needy person for every day not fasted."
Ramadan
If you missed a fast last Ramadan, or are unable to fast this Ramadan with a valid reason, pay your Fidya now. It costs £5 per missed fast and will help a vulnerable person eat nutritious Iftars this Ramadan. Pay Your Fidya.
Ramadan
Give £6 and provide a hot, nourishing meal to a person in Gaza facing extreme hunger. Be a mercy this Ramadan and reap the blessings of providing Iftar.
Ramadan
If you missed a day of fasting last Ramadan without a valid reason, pay your Kaffarah quickly and securely for £300.
Fidya is a donation made to compensate for missed obligatory fasts due to a valid reason — such as extreme illness, old age, pregnancy, breastfeeding, or travel. Kaffarah is a heavier expiation required to make up for deliberately missing obligatory fasts without a valid reason.
Yes. Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam and is compulsory for all capable Muslims above the age of puberty. This makes it obligatory to compensate for any missed fasts — whether you had a valid reason or not.
"Fasting is for a fixed number of days, and if one of you be sick, or if one of you be on a journey, you will fast the same number of other days later on. For those who are capable of fasting (but still do not fast) there is a redemption: feeding a needy man for each day missed. Whoever voluntarily does more good than is required, will find it better for him; and that you should fast is better for you, if you only know." — Quran 2:184
With Human Appeal, you can pay Fidya at £5 per missed day, or Kaffarah at £300 per missed day. There is no fixed universal price — the amount is based on the cost of providing a meal to a vulnerable person.
Fidya can be paid at any time of the year. However, paying during Ramadan ensures your donation reaches those in need at the most critical time.
Fidya is paid by feeding a vulnerable person for each day of fasting missed — either by donating the cost of a meal or preparing one yourself. Kaffarah can be fulfilled by fasting 60 consecutive days for each missed fast, or by feeding 60 vulnerable people per missed day. You can fulfil your Kaffarah easily through Human Appeal for £300 per missed fast.
Your payments will go to those who are eligible to receive them. Kaffarah payments specifically go towards supporting our Feed the Fasting campaign this Ramadan, providing meals to hungry families in Gaza, Syria, and Pakistan.
Fasting is one of the five pillars of Islam — an obligatory act of worship. If we are unable to fast, compensating through Fidya is how we uphold that obligation and continue to fulfil our duty to Allah and to the ummah.
Any capable individual who is accountable for their deeds and has missed or broken a fast — whether for a valid reason (Fidya) or without one (Kaffarah) — is required to compensate.
If you miss a fast without a valid reason, you must pay Kaffarah — either by fasting 60 consecutive days or feeding 60 vulnerable people, at a cost of £300 per missed fast.
We have been carrying out Fidya and Kaffarah compensations for 35 years. When it comes to matters as important as making up missed fasts, experience is key. Our longstanding — and regularly updated — systems ensure your obligation is fulfilled in a timely, efficient manner, delivering nutritious food to those who need it most.
Human Appeal is committed to providing aid in the country or programme that you select. In the event we complete the programme, exceed the required funds, or are denied access to a particular country for reasons beyond our control, Human Appeal reserves the right to reallocate your donation to another programme where it is needed most. Please note that items in Gaza are subject to change regularly; in the event that we cannot secure specific items, we will instruct for items that are very similar. The implementation timeline for Gaza is uncertain; the project may not be fully realised during Ramadan.
