My father passed away, and he had killed a person unintentionally in a traffic accident
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The questioner : He says: “May the Shaykh be respected, my father passed away, and he had killed a person unintentionally in a traffic accident. He paid the blood money he owed and fasted for one and a half months, but he was unable to fast the remainder of the second month. So he instructed me to fast the rest on his behalf, and this was years before he passed away. He gave charity, and we gave charity on his behalf after his death. Knowing that during these years we were unable to fast the remainder, is it obligatory for me to fast on his behalf? Please answer me, may Allah reward you with good.”
The Shaykh : Yes, it is not permissible to fast on his behalf. It is not obligatory, and it is not permissible for us to fast on his behalf. Because what we understood from the question is that his father recovered and was able to fast, but he did not do so. Based on that, it is not valid to fast on his behalf. Do you see if I told someone: “Oh so-and-so, I am tired today, perform the ablution for me and I will pray,” is that permissible or not? It is not permissible. Or if he said: “By Allah, I am tired today and I have missed fasts from Ramadan to make up, fast on my behalf,” it is not permissible. So what I understood from the question…
The questioner : He says: He fasted one and a half months
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he was unable to fast the remaining half.
The Shaykh : But read the rest of the question.
The questioner : He says: He was unable to fast the remainder of the month.
The Shaykh : Complete the question.
The questioner : He was unable to fast the remainder. Is it obligatory for me to fast?
The Shaykh : No, he says: The remaining years.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : The question is repeated, the question is repeated.
The questioner : He says: “May the Shaykh be respected, my father passed away, and he had killed a person unintentionally in a traffic accident. He paid the blood money he owed and fasted for one and a half months, but he was unable to fast the remainder of the second month. So he instructed me to fast the rest on his behalf, and this was years before he passed away.”
The Shaykh : Years before he passed away, that means!
The questioner : At the end of the question, he says: He is unable to fast the remainder. The questioner is present now, informing us of the case?
The Shaykh : In any case, we will answer, if Allah wills, with Allah’s permission. If this man was able to complete the remaining fasts but did not do so, then he is not fasted on his behalf, and it is not valid to fast on his behalf.
But if his illness continued until he died, then there is no harm in fasting on his behalf, but the days must be consecutive, meaning: he does not break the fast between them except for a valid religious excuse.
Yes.
The Shaykh : Yes, it is not permissible to fast on his behalf. It is not obligatory, and it is not permissible for us to fast on his behalf. Because what we understood from the question is that his father recovered and was able to fast, but he did not do so. Based on that, it is not valid to fast on his behalf. Do you see if I told someone: “Oh so-and-so, I am tired today, perform the ablution for me and I will pray,” is that permissible or not? It is not permissible. Or if he said: “By Allah, I am tired today and I have missed fasts from Ramadan to make up, fast on my behalf,” it is not permissible. So what I understood from the question…
The questioner : He says: He fasted one and a half months
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And he was unable to fast the remaining half.
The Shaykh : But read the rest of the question.
The questioner : He says: He was unable to fast the remainder of the month.
The Shaykh : Complete the question.
The questioner : He was unable to fast the remainder. Is it obligatory for me to fast?
The Shaykh : No, he says: The remaining years.
The questioner : No.
The Shaykh : The question is repeated, the question is repeated.
The questioner : He says: “May the Shaykh be respected, my father passed away, and he had killed a person unintentionally in a traffic accident. He paid the blood money he owed and fasted for one and a half months, but he was unable to fast the remainder of the second month. So he instructed me to fast the rest on his behalf, and this was years before he passed away.”
The Shaykh : Years before he passed away, that means!
The questioner : At the end of the question, he says: He is unable to fast the remainder. The questioner is present now, informing us of the case?
The Shaykh : In any case, we will answer, if Allah wills, with Allah’s permission. If this man was able to complete the remaining fasts but did not do so, then he is not fasted on his behalf, and it is not valid to fast on his behalf.
But if his illness continued until he died, then there is no harm in fasting on his behalf, but the days must be consecutive, meaning: he does not break the fast between them except for a valid religious excuse.
Yes.