Prayer: For a Deceased Person With Limited Estate and No Son, Should Qadā’ Fasts or Prayers Take Priority?

Practical Laws of Islam as per the teachings of Imam Khamenei

Prayer: For a Deceased Person With Limited Estate and No Son, Should Qadā’ Fasts or Prayers Take Priority?

English:

Question #535:

A person died while he had to perform the qaḍā’ of some fasts of Ramadan and some prayers. He has no son. However, he left behind a certain amount of wealth. If this wealth is spent for the performance of the qaḍā’ of his missed fasts, the qaḍā’ of his prayers will remain outstanding and vise versa. In this situation, which one of the two should be given priority over the other?

Answer #535:

None of the fasts and the prayers has any priority. It is not obligatory for the heirs to spend his wealth for making qaḍā’ of his fasts and prayers unless he left a will that someone is hired, out of the one third of his wealth, to perform of his qaḍā’ prayers and fasts as much as 1/3 of his wealth can afford.

-Imam Khamenei, Practical Laws of Islam, Importance and Conditions of Prayer