Kaffarah

Kaffarah is the mandatory expiation required when a Muslim deliberately breaks a Ramadan fast without a valid Islamic excuse. This is a serious matter in Islamic law, and the expiation is intentionally significant to deter such behaviour.

When Is Kaffarah Required?

Kaffarah is due when someone intentionally eats, drinks, or engages in sexual intercourse during fasting hours without any valid excuse such as illness, travel, or menstruation.

What Is the Kaffarah?

The expiation follows a specific order:

1. Fast 60 consecutive days — if you break even one day, you must restart the 60-day count
2. If genuinely unable to fast 60 days, then feed 60 poor people — approximately £300 per broken fast

Important Distinctions

• Kaffarah is per broken fast — if you deliberately broke 3 fasts, you owe 3 × Kaffarah
• Accidentally eating or drinking does NOT require Kaffarah — simply continue your fast
• Breaking a fast due to illness or genuine hardship does NOT require Kaffarah — it requires Qada (making up the fast later) or Fidya

Your Kaffarah payment feeds 60 people per broken fast through our verified distribution network.