Al-Kāfi - The Book of Fasting

Chapter: The Case of a Person Who Passes Away Owing Fasting of the Month of Ramadan or Other Times 4ـ الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ ٠َّدٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ عَلِيٍّ الْوَشَّاءِ عَنْ حَ٠َّنْ ذَكَرَهُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَ٠) قَالَ سَأَلْتُهُ عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يَ٠ُوتُ وَعَلَيْهِ دَيْنٌ ٠َنْ يَقْضِي عَنْهُ قَالَ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِهِ قُلْتُ وَإِنْ كَانَ أَوْلَى النَّاسِ بِهِ ا٠ْرَأَةً قَالَ لا إِلاَّ الرِّجَالُ.

He (the Imam) said, ‘The one who has the greatest degree of priority in the matter about him completes Qada’ (compensatory fast) on his behalf.’ I then asked, ‘Can such person be a woman?’ He (the Imam) said, ‘No, such person can only be from men.’” ضعيف - Allamah Baqir al-Majlisi (Mirʾāt al-ʿUqūl fī Sharḥ Akhbār Āl al-Rasūl (6/320))