Fidya consists of providing one poor person with one mudd of the ma in staple in the country, for each day.

It is not permissible to pay the value (In the Hanafi school, the amount of fidya is half a sa'of wheat or one sa' of dates or raisins, and it is permissible to pay its value.

Hence, if a person following the Shan't school wants to pay out the

value of fidya, he should pay the value of half a sa' not that of one mudd.

One sa', at the time of Imam Abu Hanifa, equals 4 kg approximately.

Hence, half a Sa' is equal to 2 kg approximately of the staple of the country) of that food nor to provide it before Ramadan.

Rather, it should be provided after the eve of the fasting day.

It is obligatory for all persons in the previously mentioned cases of iftar which obligate penance (fidya), with or without making up. (pa:307 )