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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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What is the ruling on a woman who persuaded her sick son to stop taking the medication he was taking because she believed he was under a spell, so he stopped it and died after a short time?

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Question:
May Allah reward you. This is a woman asking: I am a righteous woman, and I have a son who is twenty years old. He has been taking medication for an illness that has afflicted him for ten years. I persuaded him that the medication was not benefiting him and that he was under a spell, as some shaykhs said. He refused to stop the medication, but I persuaded him to stop it, telling him it was not benefiting him. So he stopped it, and then he died after a short time. Does sin attach to me, and what is required of me, for I am afraid of sin?

Answer:
You made a mistake in this action by preventing him from the medication? The medication was prescribed by a doctor, and doctors are the reference in the matter of treating patients. They are the reference in the matter of treating patients, and they are more knowledgeable about suitable medications. So you made a mistake in preventing him from the medication. If his death was due to stopping the medication, then you owe an expiation because you caused his death; you caused his death, so you owe an expiation, which is fasting two consecutive months, or freeing a slave. But since freeing a slave is not available, you fast two consecutive months, sixty days. May Allah help you. Yes. However, if his death was not due to stopping the medication, then you owe nothing. But if his death was due to his stopping the medication, then you are the cause, so you owe an expiation.
Source قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما حكم امرأة أقنعت ابنها المريض بترك الدواء الذي يأخذه لاعتقادها أنه مسحور فتركه ومات بعد مدة يسيرة؟ — youtube.com

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