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IRSYAD HUKUM KHAS RAMADHAN SIRI KE-155 : KADAR FIDYAH MENINGGALKAN PUASA DENGAN SENGAJA
How much fidyah must be paid by someone who deliberately skipped Ramadan fasts and does not know how many days were missed?
Short answer
A person who deliberately breaks the fast without a valid excuse is sinful and must make up the fast before the next Ramadan.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Irsyad al-Hukum Edisi Ramadhan
- Topic
- Fasting
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
A person who deliberately breaks the fast without a valid excuse is sinful and must make up the fast before the next Ramadan. If he neglects this until the next Ramadan arrives, he must pay fidyah of one cupak (about 600 grams) of the local staple food per day, multiplied according to the number of years that have passed. The Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council valued one cupak of rice at RM4.00 up to 2019, using the formula days missed times years times one cupak.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Jika cuai dan tidak mengqadha'nya sehinggalah tiba bulan Ramadhan yang berikutnya, dia berdosa dan wajib membayar fidyah, iaitu memberi makan golongan fakir sehari secupak makanan kebiasaan penduduk negeri setempat
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “IRSYAD HUKUM KHAS RAMADHAN SIRI KE-155 : KADAR FIDYAH MENINGGALKAN PUASA DENGAN SENGAJA”, 25 November 2019. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/irsyad-hukum/edisi-ramadhan/3831-irsyad-al-fatwa-khas-ramadhan-siri-ke-155-kadar-fidyah-meninggalkan-puasa-dengan-sengaja. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/fidyah-rate-for-deliberately-missed-fasts/