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Summary
A question about paying fasting compensation (fidya) to a poor granddaughter, in which Jordan's General Iftaa Department answered that it is permitted if she is poor and not already provided for by those obliged to maintain her. 1
The question
The questioner asked whether she may pay her fidya for the Ramadan fasts she did not keep to her son's poor daughter. 1
The answer
About this record
Jordan's General Iftaa Department published this fatwa on aliftaa.jo as no. 4253, dated 15 February 2026. 1 The museum records this text as a historical document attributed to the body or scholar that issued it; it issues no ruling of its own.
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Sources
- Jordan's General Iftaa Department (aliftaa.jo) , fatwa 4253
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islam.museum contributors. “Paying fasting compensation (fidya) to a poor granddaughter”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/work/fatwa-aliftaa-jo-fasting-fidya-paid-to-a-poor-granddaughter/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.