Kaffarah Calculator & Guideکفارہ
Kaffarah is the expiation for a deliberate breach — a Ramadan fast broken on purpose without a valid excuse, or a solemn oath broken. This page explains the Qur'anic sequence in order, with its sources, and then prices the feeding option at your country's cited rate. It is education, not a fatwa.
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Kaffarah is a serious matter between you and Allah. What follows is the mainstream sequence as found in the Qur'an and Sunnah, but individual cases — illness, pregnancy, forgetfulness, compulsion — can change the ruling completely. Do not act on this page alone: confirm your situation with a qualified scholar.
1 — A deliberately broken Ramadan fast
A man came to the Prophet ﷺ saying he was ruined because he had deliberately broken his Ramadan fast. The Prophet ﷺ ordered him, in this order: (1) free a slave; he said he could not. (2) Fast two consecutive months; he said he could not. (3) Feed sixty poor people; when he said he could not even do that, the Prophet ﷺ gave him a basket of dates to distribute as charity. (Sahih al-Bukhari 1936; Sahih Muslim 1111.)
The same God-given sequence appears in the Qur'an for the expiation of zihar: “…then [the expiation is] the freeing of a slave before they touch one another… and whoever does not find [a slave] — then a fast of two consecutive months… and whoever is unable — then the feeding of sixty poor people.” (Qur'an 58:3–4.) Freeing a slave has no application in our time, so in practice the kaffarah of a broken fast is: fast sixty consecutive days, and only if you genuinely cannot, feed sixty poor people — two meals each in the Hanafi school — for each deliberately broken fast.
Alongside the kaffarah, the broken day must be made up (qada) and sincere repentance made. Nothing on this page replaces either.
2 — A broken oath (Qur'an 5:89)
“Allah will not call you to account for what is unintentional in your oaths, but He will call you to account for what your hearts have earned… Its expiation is the feeding of ten poor people from the average of that which you feed your own families, or clothing them, or the freeing of a slave. But whoever cannot find [the means] — then a fast of three days. That is the expiation for your oaths when you have sworn…” (Qur'an 5:89.)
Note the order here: fasting three days is only for the one who cannot afford the feeding or clothing — it is not an equal alternative to choose for convenience, in the view of the majority of scholars.
Price the feeding option
If a scholar confirms that feeding applies in your case, this estimate uses the same per-person feeding rate the cited councils publish for fidya — for example, the UAE Council for Fatwa's Ramadan 2025 figure of AED 15 per person makes one broken fast's feeding 60 × AED 15 = AED 900, the exact total the Council itself announced.
Rate source: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII), Pakistan — rates announced for Ramadan 2026. Pay according to your staple and means; on the government-subsidised flour rate the CII minimum is Rs 200. View source ↗
This prices only the feeding option, at the cited per-person feeding rate for Pakistan. For a broken fast, the first kaffarah is fasting two consecutive months (60 days) — feeding 60 people applies when a person truly cannot fast them. For an oath, feeding comes after the options in the verse, and fasting three days is only for one who cannot afford to feed.
Feeding estimate
Rs 18,000
Feed 60 poor people (60 per broken fast) × Rs 300 per person.
An estimate for planning only — kaffarah is a serious act of worship. Confirm your exact situation with a scholar before acting.
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This website provides educational estimates only — it is not a fatwa and does not replace a qualified scholar. Fidya, Fitrana and Kaffarah amounts change every year and differ by locality, staple-food prices and scholarly opinion. Always confirm the current amount for your area with your local mosque or a scholar before you pay.