Expiation for accidental killing after death
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The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you. The listener Ahmad 'Umar Abu 'Umar from Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, says: My father has passed away. About thirty-five years ago, my cousin, who was not yet two years old, was accidentally run over by a car. My uncle, the child's father, forgave my father and excused him. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) did not fast two consecutive months and did not free a slave due to ignorance. But my uncle tells me that he used to give away oranges and the like. What must we do now?
The Shaykh:
This is an expiation, the expiation for accidental killing, so it must be carried out, and oranges and the like are not sufficient in its place. Yes.
The questioner:
And what do his heirs or his sons do?
The Shaykh:
If he left an estate, it is carried out from the estate. If he did not leave an estate, then if any of his relatives volunteers to do what was obligatory upon him, may Allah reward him with good, and he is doing a good deed. Yes.
Your Eminence the Shaykh Salih, may Allah preserve you. The listener Ahmad 'Umar Abu 'Umar from Al-Khobar, Saudi Arabia, says: My father has passed away. About thirty-five years ago, my cousin, who was not yet two years old, was accidentally run over by a car. My uncle, the child's father, forgave my father and excused him. My father (may Allah have mercy on him) did not fast two consecutive months and did not free a slave due to ignorance. But my uncle tells me that he used to give away oranges and the like. What must we do now?
The Shaykh:
This is an expiation, the expiation for accidental killing, so it must be carried out, and oranges and the like are not sufficient in its place. Yes.
The questioner:
And what do his heirs or his sons do?
The Shaykh:
If he left an estate, it is carried out from the estate. If he did not leave an estate, then if any of his relatives volunteers to do what was obligatory upon him, may Allah reward him with good, and he is doing a good deed. Yes.
Source
قناة «إذاعة القرآن الكريم»، نور على الدرب مع معالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان ح7495 — youtube.com (6:11)
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