Is feeding people or fasting better for someone who died with fasting days still owed?

Question:
May Allah reward you, Shaykh. This brother, the questioner, asks how the making up of fasting is done for the deceased, and is it permissible to feed the poor instead of fasting?

Answer:
We do not know what the excuse was for his leaving off fasting before he died. But if he left off fasting due to illness, and then delayed making it up after he recovered until he died, then he is considered to have been negligent. If some of his relatives or any of the Muslims fast on his behalf, that suffices for him. And if he feeds a poor person for each day on his behalf, that also suffices for him. However, fasting is better and more cautious. Yes.