Fidya for Fasting and Prayer: Its Amount and Its Recipients

Question

A person died, some of whose prayers were missed in a state in which he was conscious, but did not have enough strength even to pray by gestures (ishara). In such a case, is it necessary to pay fidya for these prayers or not? If it is necessary, how should it be paid, and in what amount per prayer? (2) The above-mentioned person also has some Ramadan fasts left unmade-up, after which the illness did not give him enough respite to make them up. How, and in what amount per fast, should their fidya be paid? (3)

Answer

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 these prayers is not fard upon him, nor is it necessary to pay fidya for these prayers on his behalf: [ar]وإن تعذر الإيماء برأسه وكثرت الفوائت بأن زادت على يوم وليلة سقط…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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