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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Is the intended meaning of his statement (peace and blessings be upon him), “Whoever dies with fasting remaining, his guardian fasts on his behalf,” the fasting of a vow?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, father, the questioner asks: What is the evidence for the one who takes the statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
If a person dies without observing Saum (fasts), his Wali should make it up on his behalf.من مات وعليه صوم صام عنه وليه
Riyad as-Salihin 1858
to mean that the fasting referred to here is the fasting of a vow, and not the obligatory fast?

Answer:
In a narration in al-Bukhari,
If a person dies without observing Saumمن مات وعليه صوم
Riyad as-Salihin 1858
he made a vow. They said: This is a specification, or an explanation, of the generality of the hadith.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل قوله –عليه الصلاة والسلام «من مات وعليه صوم صام عنه وليه» المقصود به صوم النذر؟ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com

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