Fidya for prayer: its amount and who is entitled to it

Question

A man died; some of his prayers were missed (became qada’) in a state in which he was conscious, but did not have enough strength to pray even by gestures (isharah). In such a case, is it necessary to pay fidya for these prayers or not? If it is necessary, how is it to be paid, and in what amount per prayer? (2) The above-mentioned person also has some fasts of Ramadan left to be made up, after which the illness did not give him enough respite to make them up.

Answer

(1) If the prayers were missed in such a state that the sick person did not have the strength even to gesture with his head, and he did not recover from the illness but died in that same state, then making up (qada’)

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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