Issue 663: As long as a person is alive, it is not permissible for others to offer his/her Quadha prayers, even if he/she is disabled.

Issue 664: If a parent has not offered his/her prayers, after his/her death it is obligatory for his/her oldest son to offer his/her Quadha prayers or to hire someone to offer the Quadha prayers for the parent provided that the parent has not deliberately abandoned the act of praying and he/she could have offered the Quadha him/herself.

Issue 665: If the oldest son doubts whether his father or mother has had any Quadha prayers to offer or any Quadha fasts to keep, he is not obliged to do anything.

Issue 666: If it is not known and clear who the oldest son is, offering the Quadha prayers and keeping the Quadha fasts of the parents is not obligatory for any one of the sons, but as a recommended precaution, they should share the Quadha prayers and fasts or they may draw lots for that.

Issue 667: If a person has made a will to hire somebody for his/her Quadha prayers and fasts, and then his/her Quadha prayers and fasts are done by the hired person correctly, the son will no more be obliged to shoulder this responsibility.

Q668: Who must offer the Quadha prayers and fasts of a dead father if his oldest son is suffering any mental disorders or insanity at the time of his death?

A: The son must offer them when he recovers from insanity, and if he dies before recovery, the second son is not obliged to offer them.

Q669: If a father dies and he has not made a will, and his oldest son is not religious, is the younger brother allowed to take care of the prayers and fasts of the deceased father?

A: Although it is not obligatory for the younger brother to should this responsibility, he can take care of that.

Q670: To determine the older son, must we consider the oldest son at the time of the father's death, or does it mean the son who was born first to a family?

A: The son who is the oldest at the time of the father's death is meant.