LessonsKitab al-Sawm: Pregnancy, Nursing, Permanent Inability and FidyaQuiz

وَمَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ قَضَاءُ رَمَضَانَ، فَأَوْصَى بِهِ: أَطْعَمَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ لِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِسْكِينًا، نِصْفَ صَاعٍ مِنْ بُرٍّ، أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ، أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ زَبِيبٍ، أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ.
Translation: If someone dies owing Ramadan make-up fasts and bequeaths provision for them, the responsible representative feeds a poor person per day: a half-ṣāʿ of wheat, or a ṣāʿ of dates, or a ṣāʿ of raisins, or a ṣāʿ of barley.

This concerns someone who dies while owing Ramadan make-up fasts and who made a bequest for the obligation to be met by feeding. The responsible representative then arranges the prescribed food payments on the deceased’s behalf.

The scanned text differentiates wheat, dates, raisins and barley. This is not a general option for a living person who can fast to replace make-up with money.

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Original text: bequest for missed fasts

Kitab al-Sawm: Pregnancy, Nursing, Permanent Inability and Fidya

وَمَنْ مَاتَ وَعَلَيْهِ قَضَاءُ رَمَضَانَ، فَأَوْصَى بِهِ: أَطْعَمَ عَنْهُ وَلِيُّهُ لِكُلِّ يَوْمٍ مِسْكِينًا، نِصْفَ صَاعٍ مِنْ بُرٍّ، أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ تَمْرٍ، أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ زَبِيبٍ، أَوْ صَاعًا مِنْ شَعِيرٍ.
Translation: If someone dies owing Ramadan make-up fasts and bequeaths provision for them, the responsible representative feeds a poor person per day: a half-ṣāʿ of wheat, or a ṣāʿ of dates, or a ṣāʿ of raisins, or a ṣāʿ of barley.

This concerns someone who dies while owing Ramadan make-up fasts and who made a bequest for the obligation to be met by feeding. The responsible representative then arranges the prescribed food payments on the deceased’s behalf.

The scanned text differentiates wheat, dates, raisins and barley. This is not a general option for a living person who can fast to replace make-up with money.