If an ill person does not have enough money to pay fidyah, can his daughter pay fidyah on behalf of her father?

My father is ill and cannot perform fasting due to his illness. He does not have any income. Will it be valid if I, his daughter, pay fidyah on behalf of him?

Dear Brother / Sister,

If you want, you can pay fidyah on behalf of your father. Your father does not have to pay fidyah since he has no income. When a person cannot perform fasting, he needs to try to perform them later.  The ill people who have no hope of recovering can pay fidyah.

A Muslim who is too old to perform fasting gives fidyah for each day that he has not performed fasting. This money replaces fasting. The amount of fidyah is the same as the amount of fitrah.

The fidyah (ransom) about fasting was determined by a verse:

"(Fasting) for a fixed number of days; but if any of you is ill or on a journey, the prescribed number (should be made up) from days later. For those who can do it (with hardship) is a ransom, the feeding of one that is indigent..." (al-Baqara, 2/184).

As it is understood from the clear expression of the verse, fidyah for fasting is paid due to an excuse like illness and old age when it is impossible to perform fasting even after Ramadan.

If a person gives fidyah but gets well enough to perform fasting afterwards, he has to perform fasting for the days he has missed even if he has given fidyah. In that case, if such a person dies before performing fasting, he has to tell his inheritors to pay fidyah for him. If he dies before getting well enough to perform fasting, the fidyah he has given is enough; he does not have to tell his inheritors to pay fidyah for him.

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