Fasting on behalf of a woman who was fed on her account due to her illness and then died
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A woman entered Ramadan while she was ill and unable to fast, so they fed people on her behalf, and then she died after Ramadan. Does her guardian have to fast?
Answer:
As long as they fed people on her behalf because of her inability to fast, and her illness was chronic such that she could not fast with it and it was not expected to end, she owes nothing but the feeding. The fact that they fed people on her behalf is sufficient.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. He says: A woman entered Ramadan while she was ill and unable to fast, so they fed people on her behalf, and then she died after Ramadan. Does her guardian have to fast?
Answer:
As long as they fed people on her behalf because of her inability to fast, and her illness was chronic such that she could not fast with it and it was not expected to end, she owes nothing but the feeding. The fact that they fed people on her behalf is sufficient.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأول كيده ومكره : أنه كاد الأبوين بالأيمان الكاذبة — islamhouse.com (1:10:06)
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