Hadith 206

Sahih Muslim

Book 13: The Book of Fasting

Chapter 27

Making up fasts on behalf of the deceased

باب قَضَاءِ الصِّيَامِ عَنِ الْمَيِّتِ

Sahih Muslim 1149d
وَحَدَّثَنِيهِ إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ سُفْيَانَ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ وَقَالَ صَوْمُ شَهْرَيْنِ ‏.‏
This hadith has been narrated on the authority of Sufyan with the same chain of transmitters in which it is said:

" Fasting of two months."