The expiation of one whose infant died beside her while she was sleeping
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Question:
My mother had a man in her care who died while she was sleeping next to him. She turned over in her sleep and found him dead. Does she have to perform the expiation? Please note that she is now advanced in age and unable to fast.
Answer:
You mean she is afraid? We say: If she is the cause of his death by turning over on him while sleeping, or if she put her breast in his mouth and left it there and fell asleep, so the breast strangled him, or if she covered him with something that strangled him, then the expiation is upon her. However, if he died without her causing it, but rather by pure divine decree and destiny, then she owes nothing. Yes.
The presenter:
Do you love Allah?
My mother had a man in her care who died while she was sleeping next to him. She turned over in her sleep and found him dead. Does she have to perform the expiation? Please note that she is now advanced in age and unable to fast.
Answer:
You mean she is afraid? We say: If she is the cause of his death by turning over on him while sleeping, or if she put her breast in his mouth and left it there and fell asleep, so the breast strangled him, or if she covered him with something that strangled him, then the expiation is upon her. However, if he died without her causing it, but rather by pure divine decree and destiny, then she owes nothing. Yes.
The presenter:
Do you love Allah?
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 09 من 15 / شرح أصول الإيمان / حقوق النبي / صالح الفوزان / العقيدة/ كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:15:13)
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