Making up the fast of a deceased woman who broke it for breastfeeding

Question:
The questioner says: Shaykh, my mother passed away, and she had five months of fasting from Ramadan that she had not made up. She had broken her fast for the sake of breastfeeding her children for years, and she was unable to fast during her lifetime due to suffering from many illnesses, such as diabetes, high blood pressure, and other ailments. Despite this, she was determined to fast, and she actually began by fasting eight days of the month, but death overtook her. How is this to be made up on her behalf? And what is obligatory for the children regarding the fasting?

Answer:
It is to be fasted on her behalf. Her relatives or others fast on her behalf. The important thing is that the remaining days of Ramadan that she broke for the sake of breastfeeding are fasted on her behalf. Along with making up the fast, a poor person is to be fed for each day, because she broke her fast due to the condition of the children, not because she herself needed to break it for breastfeeding. Therefore, she owes the making up of the fast, and she owes feeding a poor person for each day. Her relative or another of her Muslim brothers fasts on her behalf. The Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: He forbade it.