The ruling on one who left incense with his mother and the room caught fire
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Question:
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh. I love you for the sake of Allah. He says: My mother was in a room, and she appears to have been ill, so I left incense with her in the room. When I returned, the room had caught fire. What is required of him? Knowing that he is unable to fast.
Answer:
If he left the embers with her, and she was unable to protect herself or get out, and he left the fire with her and it caught fire, this is a cause. This is considered an error, like killing by error through causation. So the expiation is upon him, which is freeing a slave. If he does not find one, he fasts two consecutive months. If he is unable to do that, it remains a debt on him. May Allah take care of him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
The questioner says: Your Eminence the Shaykh. I love you for the sake of Allah. He says: My mother was in a room, and she appears to have been ill, so I left incense with her in the room. When I returned, the room had caught fire. What is required of him? Knowing that he is unable to fast.
Answer:
If he left the embers with her, and she was unable to protect herself or get out, and he left the fire with her and it caught fire, this is a cause. This is considered an error, like killing by error through causation. So the expiation is upon him, which is freeing a slave. If he does not find one, he fasts two consecutive months. If he is unable to do that, it remains a debt on him. May Allah take care of him, Glorified and Exalted is He. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-008-أصول أهل السنة|صالح الفوزان|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (49:47)
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