Who is required to pay fidyah for missed fasts, apart from those who delay making up fasts until the next Ramadan?

Summary

Those required to pay fidyah are the frail elderly and the chronically ill with no hope of recovery, pregnant or breastfeeding mothers who break the fast out of concern for the child, the deceased who left unpaid fasts, and those who negligently delay making up fasts until the next Ramadan. A mother who breaks the fast out of concern for her own health only needs to make up the fasts. A person who remains continuously ill until the next Ramadan only makes up the fasts without fidyah. For a deceased person who was able to fast while alive, heirs may fast on their behalf, though fidyah is preferable, and if no one fasts, fidyah is taken from the estate.

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