الرَّجُلِ يَمُوتُ وَ عَلَيْهِ صَلَاةٌ أَوْ صِيَامٌ قَالَ يَقْضِي عَنْهُ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِمِيرَاثِهِ قُلْتُ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِهِ امْرَأَةً فَقَالَ لَا إِلَّا الرِّجَالُ .
Translation
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from his father and Muhammad Bin Ismail, from Al Fazl Bin ShAzan, altogether from Ibn Abu Umeyr, from Hafs Bin Al Bakhtary, (It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah<sup>asws</sup> regarding the man who dies and upon him are Prayers or Fasts (to make up for). He<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘It should be made up for, on his behalf by the one closest to him from the people by his inheritance’. I said, ‘Supposing the one closest to him is a woman?’ So he<sup>asws</sup> said: ‘No, except for the men’.
Compiled by Shaykh Muhammad ibn Ya'qub al-Kulayni
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