Kaffara Calculator

A kaffara calculator for feeding 60 people cost — estimate the expiation for a deliberately broken fast. Use the free Kaffara Calculator below — enter your values and get instant results, right in your browser. Kaffara cost = 60 persons × Meals per person × Cost per meal. The classical measure is about half a sa' of wheat (or its value) per person per day — here expressed as two full meals.

How to use the Kaffara Calculator

Deliberately breaking a Ramadan fast without valid excuse requires kaffara: fasting 60 consecutive days, or — if one genuinely cannot — feeding 60 poor people two meals each. This kaffara calculator for feeding 60 people cost takes your local meal price and computes the total expiation amount, plus the total number of meals to arrange, so the obligation can be discharged properly and without guesswork.

  1. Keep the Poor persons field at 60 (the fixed kaffara number) unless a scholar advised otherwise for your case.
  2. Set meals per person — 2 full meals per person is the standard measure.
  3. Enter the cost of one decent meal in your city in the Cost of one meal field.
  4. Click Calculate to see the total kaffara cost and the total meals to arrange for 60 people.

Formula

Kaffara cost = 60 persons × Meals per person × Cost per meal. The classical measure is about half a sa' of wheat (or its value) per person per day — here expressed as two full meals.

Worked example

Feeding 60 poor people 2 meals each at Rs 300 per meal costs 60 × 2 × 300 = Rs 36,000 — a total of 120 meals. This is typically arranged through a trusted charity kitchen or by distributing ration packs of equivalent value.

Frequently asked questions

Yes. Kaffara is the expiation on top of qada — the deliberately broken fast must still be made up with one fast, in addition to the kaffara.

Fasting 60 consecutive days is actually the first option in the Hanafi school; feeding 60 poor is for one who cannot fast. If you break the sequence, the 60-day count restarts.

The feeding should ideally be completed together, but scholars allow spreading it when necessary. The full 60 persons' share must eventually be completed — ask a scholar if you face hardship.

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