The ruling on fasting or feeding on behalf of a sick person who died in Ramadan

The questioner : The questioner says: Honorable Shaykh, my mother passed away yesterday at the 'Asr prayer, and she had not fasted except for the first day of Ramadan. What must we do? Do we fast on her behalf, or do we feed people, knowing that her mind was with her? Please advise us, may Allah reward you. Yes.

The Shaykh : If the illness that afflicted her on the second day of Ramadan was an illness that is not expected to end, then it is obligatory to feed people; one poor person is fed for every day.
And if it was an illness that is expected to end, but she was unable to fast, then she owes nothing, because it is obligatory for the one who is ill with an illness expected to end to fast a number of other days. If he dies before reaching that number, the fasting drops off him, just as if a person dies before the entry of Ramadan, he is not required to fast. As for the one whose recovery is not expected, the scholars say that it is obligatory to feed one poor person for every day. There remains a third category, regarding which the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever dies with fasting remaining upon him, his guardian fasts on his behalf." The third category is that a person breaks his fast in Ramadan for an excuse, such as illness or travel, and then is able to make it up afterwards, but he delays, and then dies. This is the one to whom the hadith applies. An example of this is a man who traveled in Ramadan for a week and broke his fast for that week, then returned to his homeland and stayed for a month or two, saying, "I will fast when it becomes easy, because I have the right to delay the fasting until Sha'ban," and he died before he fasted. We say this man died with fasting remaining upon him, so his guardian fasts on his behalf, meaning his heir; the heir fasts. If they wish, they fast one day each. For example, if we estimate that he owed a week, how many days is that? Seven days. And if he has seven sons and they all fast one day each, that suffices. So the categories are three: first, from his illness, if his recovery is not expected.
What is obligatory in his case? That he be fed for; he feeds in his life if he is alive, or after his death, one poor person for every day. A person who is ill with an illness expected to end, but it continued with him until he died, owes nothing. A person who is ill with an illness expected to end and is cured of it, but he delays making up the fast, and then dies before making it up, this is fasted on his behalf. But if they say, "We do not want to fast," if they say, "We do not want to fast, perhaps we will make up what is upon us," we say, "Feed one poor person for every day, and fasting is not required of you, because if fasting were required of you, you would sin by leaving it." And Allah the Exalted said: Yes.