I fell asleep while I was ill next to my son, and the next morning I found him dead. Do I have to fast, or what?
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Question:
She says: I was ill, and I had a small child of nursing age. I slept at night and put my son to sleep with me beside me, and he was in perfect health and well-being. But I, as I said, was feeling ill before I slept. I slept and put my son to sleep with me in the bed, as I said, and I did not realize what was happening, and I did not think of my son because I was ill, as I said, until my husband came after he had prayed the Friday prayer on the morning of that day and asked me about him: "Where is your son?" I said to him, "I do not know." So he went to the bed himself, lifted the blanket off him, and found that he had died under the blanket. Do I have to fast, Honorable Shaykh, or what is obligatory for me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If he died because of the blanket being placed over his face, and you are the one who placed this blanket over him, then you owe an expiation; because you are the cause of his death, so you owe an expiation by freeing a slave. If you cannot find one, then fast for two consecutive months; because you are the cause of his killing. Yes.
She says: I was ill, and I had a small child of nursing age. I slept at night and put my son to sleep with me beside me, and he was in perfect health and well-being. But I, as I said, was feeling ill before I slept. I slept and put my son to sleep with me in the bed, as I said, and I did not realize what was happening, and I did not think of my son because I was ill, as I said, until my husband came after he had prayed the Friday prayer on the morning of that day and asked me about him: "Where is your son?" I said to him, "I do not know." So he went to the bed himself, lifted the blanket off him, and found that he had died under the blanket. Do I have to fast, Honorable Shaykh, or what is obligatory for me? May Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If he died because of the blanket being placed over his face, and you are the one who placed this blanket over him, then you owe an expiation; because you are the cause of his death, so you owe an expiation by freeing a slave. If you cannot find one, then fast for two consecutive months; because you are the cause of his killing. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، نمت وأنا مريضة بجانب ولدي، وفي صبيحة اليوم التالي وجدته ميتا، فهل علي صوم أم ماذا؟ — youtube.com
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