The ruling on a guardian fasting on behalf of a deceased person
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, I am confused by a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which is his saying:Riyad as-Salihin 1858, along with your statement that agency is not permissible in purely physical acts of worship.
Answer:
Yes, because the hadithSahih Muslim 1147, and in a narration in al-Bukhari Riyad as-Salihin 1858, he regretted it. So the unrestricted narration is qualified by the restricted narration. Thus, this refers to fasting for a vow, because fasting for a vow was not obligatory upon him by the original law of the Shari'ah. And whatever is not obligatory upon him by the original law of the Shari'ah, agency enters into it. As for what is obligatory upon him by the original law of the Shari'ah, agency does not enter into it, as established by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah and Ibn
Honorable Shaykh, I am confused by a hadith of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), which is his saying:
If a person dies without observing Saum (fasts), his Wali should make it up on his behalf.
من مات وعليه صوم صام عنه وليهAnswer:
Yes, because the hadith
'A'isha (Allah be pleased with her) reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone dies in a state (that he had to complete) some fasts, his heir must fast on his behalf.
من مات وعليه صيام صام عنه وليهIf a person dies without observing Saum
من مات وعليه صوم
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