Kaffarah for a broken oath is to feed ten poor people (or clothe them, or free a slave; fasting three days only if unable to do those). Work out the feeding cost for ten people at local food prices.
Getting kaffarah matters, because small errors change entitlements of the poor. On this page's example, 4 people are covered here, 13 days counted, at USD 9 per day, equals USD 468 overall. Remember, this duty is counted person by person, daily with local food prices - handled in Islamic Obligations rather than rough estimates. For that reason, it shows every figure openly covering your Islamic duties so doubts can be resolved. Recipients have a right to their exact, lawful share instead of approximate giving.
The Kaffarah Calculator is part of the Islamic Obligations collection, built for Kaffarah. It works out the amount owed for Kaffarah from the number of people and days involved with the local price of basic food, ready to pay at once or in parts.
Nothing you enter leaves your device: free, private and unrecorded. The settled result can be shared as a PDF — on sample figures of USD 4,811 less USD 337 of debts, it shows USD 112 due.
The page is written for anyone whose wealth includes Kaffarah and who wants worked figures, not guesswork instead of a rough estimate. Balances in the region of USD 4,811 of Kaffarah, work through it with relatives, or pay on behalf of a parent.
Two Nisab figures set the test for Kaffarah on this page. Gold sets its threshold at a weight of 87.48 grams, some USD 6,685 at the reference price — USD 76.42 per gram on this page. Silver sets the lower line at a weight of 612.36 grams, roughly USD 600 at USD 0.98 per gram. The example's net figure — USD 4,474 net — above silver, below gold: precisely the band where the threshold choice matters. Both figures are indicative: the tool itself re-prices the thresholds live whenever you run it.
Obligations of this kind are worked out per person and per day rather than as a percentage of wealth. For Kaffarah at sample scale: 4 × 13 days × USD 9 = USD 468, before any extra sadaqah. Fidya — for fasts missed by someone who cannot make them up — is the cost of feeding one poor person for each missed day, classically the staple food of your locality. Stretch the same Kaffarah case to 23 days and it comes to USD 828 at that rate. Kaffarah is weightier: freeing a slave historically, then fasting two consecutive months, then feeding sixty poor people for each deliberately broken fast. Fitrana (Zakat al-Fitr) is one sa' of staple food, roughly 2–3 kilograms, or its cash value, per household member, paid before the Eid prayer. The Kaffarah Calculator multiplies people × days × your local daily rate, so replace the sample rate with your local figure.
Using the Kaffarah Calculator follows the careful sequence scholars describe, in a few steps. Gather the relevant balances or weights first, then work through the steps in order. The worked example below shows the same steps on a net USD 4,474.
Before you pay, save the PDF breakdown with your records for next year. Last year's report — USD 4,474 net, USD 112 due on the sample run — will show exactly what was counted this time.
A worked case: for 4 people over 13 units at a local rate of USD 9 per unit, the Kaffarah calculation gives 4 × 13 × USD 9 = USD 468. The real rate is your local food price — swap it in for the sample rate.
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Scholars have examined calculators like this one carefully, and what follows is their common guidance. Neither is an error: each follows its own transmitted evidence. For Kaffarah at sample scale: 4 × 13 days × USD 9 = USD 468, before any extra sadaqah. Pay the rate your community's scholars announce for Kaffarah, and the multiplication — people, days, households — is what this page exists to get right. The schools agree that these obligations are real debts owed to the poor, not optional charity, and that they are measured by feeding — the staple food of your own locality.
It works through kaffarah, concerned with is counted in people and, with nisab checked after. The sample running here: covering 4 people, across 13 days, at USD 9 daily, totals USD 468. All your inputs stay available whenever you recheck. Swap in your real number and see your answer adjust itself.
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Yes, the PDF preserves the total obligation due produced by kaffarah to download in seconds. A sample result, USD 468 comes directly from 4 people over 13 days using USD 9 per day. Attach it to the charity's receipt email and your record stays complete. Email reminders are offered too.
Every one of 195 countries each with its own currency, for example Morocco with figures in MAD. Your country selection reprices the nisab pair with today's metal prices so comparisons stay fair. When assets behind kaffarah spans a border, calculate where you'll pay, converting the foreign part at the payday exchange rate.
For a straightforward kaffarah matter, the classical method normally answers it fully: 4 persons included, 13 missed days counted, feeding cost used. Take advice from scholars where your affairs involve illness where recovery is uncertain where facts alter the answer. A mufti can confirm which threshold standard applies in your tradition.
Estimates follow widely used Shariah principles. For complex cases, confirm with a qualified scholar.