Do the children pay the expiation for fasting on behalf of their elderly mother who forgets and no longer prays or fasts?
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Question:
He says: His mother (may Allah preserve her) is ill and elderly, and she has started to forget; she does not realize things at times, so she no longer prays or fasts. His question is: Do we feed people on her behalf for the fasting of Ramadan and the expiation? Or what do we do?
Answer:
If she is of sound mind at times and realizes things at times, then people are fed on her behalf. But if she has no realization at all and no thinking at all, then she has no obligations upon her[Al-Baqarah 2:286]. Yes.
He says: His mother (may Allah preserve her) is ill and elderly, and she has started to forget; she does not realize things at times, so she no longer prays or fasts. His question is: Do we feed people on her behalf for the fasting of Ramadan and the expiation? Or what do we do?
Answer:
If she is of sound mind at times and realizes things at times, then people are fed on her behalf. But if she has no realization at all and no thinking at all, then she has no obligations upon her
Allah does not charge a soul except [with that within] its capacity
لَا يُكَلِّفُ اللَّهُ نَفْسًا إِلَّا وُسْعَهَا
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، هل يخرج الأبناء كفارة صيام عن والدتهم المُسنة التي تنسى؛ فلا تصلي ولا تصوم؟ للشيخ صالح الفوزا — youtube.com
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