The Ruling on Fasting on Behalf of the Deceased
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Question:
This questioner, the mother of Ibrahim, says: What is the Shaykh’s view, and what is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your opinion, regarding fasting on behalf of a deceased person? My father passed away on the second of Ramadan due to an illness that afflicted him. We are his children, and we are dutiful to him, so we want to fast on his behalf.
Answer:
If he died from this illness and was not able to make up the fasts he missed, then he owes nothing. Yes.
This questioner, the mother of Ibrahim, says: What is the Shaykh’s view, and what is the ruling of the Shari'ah in your opinion, regarding fasting on behalf of a deceased person? My father passed away on the second of Ramadan due to an illness that afflicted him. We are his children, and we are dutiful to him, so we want to fast on his behalf.
Answer:
If he died from this illness and was not able to make up the fasts he missed, then he owes nothing. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/035 — archive.org (3:33)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.