A woman performed cupping on her pregnant daughter’s abdomen, and the pregnancy was lost for the second time; is she required to pay an expiation?

The questioner:
I ask Allah to do you good, Your Eminence, father. The questioner says: A woman performed cupping on her pregnant daughter’s abdomen because of her severe pain. After a short time, the fetus was lost. Years later, the pregnancy and the cupping at the same spot recurred, and the fetus was lost again.

The Shaykh:
What kind of cupping?

The questioner:
She cupped her daughter.

The Shaykh:
Her daughter, or did she cup the pregnancy?

The questioner:
She cupped her pregnant daughter on her abdomen.

The Shaykh:
Her pregnant daughter, meaning the daughter is the one who is pregnant.

The questioner:
Yes, yes.

The Shaykh:
Yes, and then?

The questioner:
Years later, the pregnancy and the cupping recurred, and the fetus was lost again. Then this woman died, and her daughter asks, saying: Is my mother required to pay an expiation for what she did?

The Shaykh:
If the pregnancy had reached four months, if the pregnancy had reached four months and she cupped her, and the fetus died and was lost because of the cupping, then she is required to pay the expiation. She is required to pay the expiation for both, for the first and the second, on two conditions: that the fetus had reached four months or more, and that the cupping was the cause of the pregnancy being lost and the fetus dying. So she is required to pay the expiation. Yes.

The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Your Eminence, the father, the questioner says:

The Shaykh:
Since she died, it remains a debt in her estate, unless someone wants to fast on her behalf and clear her debt. That is a good thing. Yes.