The ruling on one who dies with a fasting expiation owed

Question : He says: If a person dies and he has a fasting expiation of two months owed, what is required of his heirs?

Answer : If a person dies with a fasting expiation owed, it is not obligatory for the heirs to fast on his behalf. Likewise, if he dies with a fasting vow owed, it is not obligatory for the heirs to fast on his behalf. Likewise, if he dies with fasting from Ramadan owed, it is not obligatory for the heirs to fast on his behalf. This is because if we obligated the heirs to fast on his behalf, we would be sinning them if they did not fast. And if we obligated them to fast on behalf of someone else, this would contradict the saying of Allah the Exalted: However, if one wishes to fast for someone who died with fasting owed, and one of the awliya (close friends of Allah) of his family wishes to fast, may Allah reward him with good. The fasting expiation that requires continuity must be from one person; it must be from one person. This is because continuity is not realized unless it is from one person. As for fasting from Ramadan, if a person dies with fasting from Ramadan owed and a number of the heirs fast on his behalf, there is no harm. If he had six days of Shawwal owed and he had six children, and each one fasted one day, there is no harm.