{"id":35202,"date":"2025-01-23T11:52:24","date_gmt":"2025-01-23T11:52:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/?p=35202"},"modified":"2025-01-27T18:03:04","modified_gmt":"2025-01-27T18:03:04","slug":"paying-fidyah-for-salah-whilst-still-alive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/daruliftabirmingham.co.uk\/home\/paying-fidyah-for-salah-whilst-still-alive\/","title":{"rendered":"Paying Fidyah For Salah Whilst Still Alive"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fatwa ID: 07863<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answered by Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Is it permissible for a person who is unable to perform Salah due to incapacitation to pay a fee or fidya for the missed Salah while they are still alive? Or must they wait until after they have passed away? In other words, can a person who is unable to perform Salah due to illness or disability pay a fidya or compensation for the missed Salah during their lifetime, similar to how a person who is unable to fast can pay a fidya for the missed fasts?”<\/span><\/p>\n

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In the name of Allah, the <\/strong>Most Gracious, the Most Merciful<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Answer:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Salah is an act of worship that is directly connected to the physical and spiritual performance of the individual. It is not permissible for a living person to pay fidya for missed Salah[i]<\/a>\u00a0during their lifetime, even if they are incapacitated due to illness or disability.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The obligation of Salah remains on the individual until death, and fidya for missed Salah only becomes an option after the person passes away.<\/span><\/p>\n

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If they are unable to pray in the usual manner, they are required to perform it in whatever way they can i.e. by sitting, lying down, or even with gestures.<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Prophet (peace be upon him) said:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Pray standing, and if you cannot, then sitting, and if you cannot, then on your side[ii]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fidya for missed Salah can be arranged after the person\u2019s death if they left behind a bequest (wasiyyah). If the illness is such that it will last till his death and there is no hope of recovery, then you can give fidyah when alive.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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In this case, fidya can be paid from up to one-third of their estate for each missed Salah, provided the deceased intended this arrangement during their lifetime[iii]<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Only Allah knows best.<\/span><\/p>\n

Written by Maulana Sibghat Ullah<\/span><\/p>\n

Checked and approved by Mufti Mohammed Tosir Miah<\/span><\/p>\n

Darul Ifta Birmingham<\/span><\/p>\n

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[i]<\/a> Radd ul Mukhtar, Book of fasting, Chapter of qada and fidya.<\/span><\/p>\n

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As for Salah, fidya is not obligatory for it because its foundation is direct worship [munaajaat with Allah], and money cannot substitute for it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[ii]<\/a> Sahih Bukhari, Book of Jummah, Chapter, if you can\u2019t pray sitting the lie down on side.<\/span><\/p>\n

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[iii]<\/a> Radd ul Mukhtar, Book of Salah.<\/span><\/p>\n

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For Salah, if a person neglected it and passed away without leaving a will, fidya cannot be paid on their behalf according to the apparent narration. If they made a will, fidya is paid from one-third of their estate.<\/span><\/p>\n

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