بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
Question: Is fidyah compulsory on behalf of the deceased who due to a coma could not fast and perform salaah?
Answer: It is not necessary to give Fidyah on behalf of the deceased. He was not in the position of performing Ibādah and since he was in a coma, fasting and Salāh were not obligatory on him.
Fatāwā Darul Uloom Zakariyyā, Vol. 2, Pg 713
Allah alone knows best.
Mufti Radha-ul-Haq
Ifta Department
Darul Uloom Zakariyya
Lenasia
26-12-2005