718 - Whoever dies and owes a month of fasting, let him feed a needy person for each day on his behalf قال من مات وعليه صيام شهر فليطعم عنه مكان كل يوم مسكينا

718 حدثنا قتيبة حدثنا عبثر بن القاسم عن أشعث عن محمد عن نافع عن ابن عمر عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال من مات وعليه صيام شهر فليطعم عنه مكان كل يوم مسكينا [ ص: 97 ] قال أبو عيسى حديث ابن عمر لا نعرفه مرفوعا إلا من هذا الوجه والصحيح عن ابن عمر موقوف قوله واختلف أهل العلم في هذا الباب فقال بعضهم يصام عن الميت وبه يقول أحمد وإسحق قالا إذا كان على الميت نذر صيام يصوم عنه وإذا كان عليه قضاء رمضان أطعم عنه وقال مالك وسفيان والشافعي لا يصوم أحد عن أحد قال وأشعث هو ابن سوار ومحمد هو عندي ابن عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى

718 Qutaybah told us, Ubaydhar ibn al-Qasim told us, on the authority of Ash’ath, on the authority of Muhammad, on the authority of Nafi’, on the authority of Ibn Umar, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, who said: “Whoever dies and owes a month of fasting, let him feed a needy person for each day on his behalf.” [p. 97] Abu Isa said: We do not know the hadith of Ibn Umar to be traced back to the Prophet except from this source, and the correct one is: On the authority of Ibn Omar, his statement is suspended. The scholars differed on this matter. Some of them said that one should fast on behalf of the deceased. Ahmad and Ishaq said the same. They said that if the deceased had vowed to fast, one should fast on his behalf. If he had to make up Ramadan, one should feed on his behalf. Malik, Sufyan, and Al-Shafi’i said that no one should fast on behalf of anyone. Ash’ath is Ibn Suwar, and Muhammad is, in my opinion, Ibn Abd Al-Rahman Ibn Abi Laila.