The sick woman leaving off prayer and the expiation for her missed fasts

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: My mother is suffering from a chronic physical and mental illness, and she is not currently praying, although she is not incapable of doing so. Three years have passed in this state, and she does not fast in Ramadan. His question is: Do we pay the expiation for the fasting on her behalf for the three years? And what is our duty toward her?

Answer:
If she has no intellect, she is not subject to religious obligations. But if her intellect remains, it is not permissible for her to leave off the prayer; rather, she should pray according to her condition and not abandon the prayer. It is not sufficient for you to pay the expiation on her behalf. She must repent to Allah and maintain the prayer, for Allah accepts the repentance of whoever repents, because she left off the prayer intentionally. The one who abandons it intentionally does not make it up; rather, he repents to Allah the Exalted. Making up the prayer is for the one who left it off out of forgetfulness or while sleeping. Yes.