One who dies owing a vow

Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about a vow his mother owed, as she had died before fulfilling it. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then fulfil it on her behalf."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) was asked about a man who died while owing a vow. He said: "The vowed fast is to be kept on his behalf."

Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) said: If a person dies while owing a vow, his guardian (wali) is to fulfil it.

It is narrated from Ibrahim regarding a man who died while owing a vowed fast; he said: Food is to be given on his behalf.

It is narrated from al-Hasan regarding a man who vowed to fast and died before fasting; he said: What is preferred is that the fast be made up on his behalf with fasting.

Tawus said concerning a vow owed by a deceased person: His heirs are to fulfil it among themselves; and if a man owed a year of fasting, then if the heirs wish, they may fast, each of the heirs fasting three months.

Sayyiduna Sinan bin Abdullah al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates from his paternal aunt that she came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)! My mother has died, and she owed a vow to walk to the Ka'bah." He (peace and blessings be upon him) asked: "Are you able to walk on her behalf?" I said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then walk on behalf of your mother." I said: "Will that suffice for her?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes. What do you think: if she owed a debt and you paid it, would that debt be accepted from you?" I said: "Yes." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty is more entitled to that."

Ibn Buraydah narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I was sitting with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) when a woman came and said: "My mother owed two months of fasting; will it suffice for her if I fast on her behalf?" He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Yes."