´Ibn Umar narrated that :` the Prophet said: "Whoever died while he had a month to fast, then a needy person should be fed on his behalf in place of every day."
Hadith Referenceسنن ترمذي / كتاب الصيام عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم / 718
Hadith Gradingالألبانی:ضعيف، ابن ماجة (1757) // ضعيف سنن ابن ماجة برقم (389) ، المشكاة (2034 / التحقيق الثاني) ، ضعيف الجامع الصغير (5853) // | زبیر علی زئی:(718) إسناده ضعيف /جه 1757, أشعت بن سوار ومحمد بن أبى ليلي ضعيفان : (تقدما:194 ،649)
Hadith Takhrij«سنن ابن ماجہ/الصیام 50 (1757) ( تحفة الأشراف : 8423) (ضعیف) (سند میں اشعث بن سوار کندی ضعیف ہیں، نیز اس حدیث کا موقوف ہونا ہی زیادہ صحیح ہے)»
´It was narrated from Ibn ‘Umar that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said:` ‘Whoever dies owing the fasts of a month, one poor person should be fed on his behalf for each day.”
Maulana Ataullah Sajid
Benefits and Issues: (1) Imam Tirmidhi rahimahullah has stated regarding this hadith that it is actually the legal verdict (fatwa) of Abdullah radi Allahu anhu; it is not authentically narrated as a statement of the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam (Jami‘ al-Tirmidhi, al-Sawm, Chapter: What Has Been Related About Expiation, Hadith: 718).
(2) The heading that Imam Ibn Majah rahimahullah has written for this hadith indicates that, in his view, if the deceased’s failure to make up the fasts was not due to negligence, but rather he did not get the opportunity to make them up, then there is no need to feed (the poor) on his behalf. For further details on this issue, see: Benefits and Issues of Hadith 1759.
Source: Commentary on Sunan Ibn Mājah by Mawlānā ‘Atā’ullāh Sājid, Page: 1757