The Difference You Made in Ramadan 2026
The most blessed month of the year is a time to feed the fasting, fulfill the dues you owe, and stand with families facing their hardest days.
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Our Ramadan Impact
What does a month of giving really change? For families with almost nothing, it meant iftar to break their fast, a food parcel that lasted, and Eid clothes for a child who would have gone without. See where it all went.
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Yahye lives with his mother and five other family members in Mogadishu, where everyday essentials are a constant stretch on one income. Then your Ramadan donations reached their home, and for the whole month that changed. There was enough food to prepare both suhur before the fast and iftar at sunset, every single day. No empty table when the family came together, no going without before a long day ahead.
The steady supply took real weight off Yahye's mother, and he says the biggest change was watching her worry begin to lift. The food mattered, but so did what came with it: his family felt hopeful again, and less alone, at the most meaningful time of the year.
"I saw my mother smile again. For the first time in a long while, our home felt happier."
Ramadan 2027 is expected to begin on or around 8 February 2027 and to last 29 or 30 days, ending with Eid al-Fitr. The exact start depends on the sighting of the new moon, so the date can move by a day. We update this page each year once the dates are confirmed.
Zakat al-Fitr is due before the Eid al-Fitr prayer, so it needs to reach people in time for them to benefit before Eid. Most give it in the last days of Ramadan, but you can pay earlier to be sure it arrives on time.
Fidya is paid by someone who is unable to fast and cannot make up the missed fasts later, for example due to long-term illness, advanced age or pregnancy. For each fast missed, Fidya provides food for one person in need. You can pay it on our Fidya page.
Kaffarah is a larger compensation paid for deliberately breaking a fast during Ramadan without a valid reason. It is traditionally fulfilled by feeding sixty people in need for each fast broken this way. A separate Kaffarah also applies to breaking an oath, which is feeding ten people. You can pay it on our Kaffarah page.
Yes. Zakat al-Mal, your 2.5% annual Zakat on wealth, can be paid at any time of year, and many Muslims choose to pay it during Ramadan. If you are not sure whether you owe Zakat or how much, our Zakat calculator works it out in under a minute.
Every gift is scholar-checked and directed to the project you choose, from food parcels and hot iftars to Zakat al-Fitr and support for orphans. Last Ramadan, donations like yours reached more than 1.7 million people across 16 countries.
Source - Sunan al-Tirmidhī 1924“The merciful will be shown mercy by the Most Merciful. Be merciful to those on the earth and the One in the heavens will have mercy upon you.” — Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ)
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