The Expiation of a Mother for the Death of Her Child Due to Negligence
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The questioner:
Your Eminence the Shaykh, I have a daughter who has a daughter who is one year and three months old. In Ramadan, she was playing, sometimes at my place, sometimes at her grandmother’s, and sometimes in the kitchen. She left her mother and went to the kitchen. When she came out of the kitchen to look for her, she asked the maid where the girl was. The maid said, “She is standing here with me now.” We went to her, may Allah reward you, and found her in the bathroom with a bucket on her head. It was a little heavy, meaning she could not bear it to the point of… Also, the bucket did not fall. The girl is big, and the bucket did not fall. We found her dead in the bucket. We took her to the hospital, and they said she had passed away. I do not know who is responsible. Is there anything on us regarding the fast in this matter? May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
If the mother was negligent and did not keep watch over her, and she went [away].
The questioner:
Keep watch over her. Listen to the answer, listen to the answer, my brother, listen to the answer.
The Shaykh:
Listen, may Allah guide you. If the mother was negligent and did not keep watch over her, then the expiation is upon her: fasting two consecutive months. If the mother was keeping watch over her, or she instructed someone to keep watch over her, but the girl went [away] by surprise and what happened happened, then there is nothing upon her. And praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh!
Your Eminence the Shaykh, I have a daughter who has a daughter who is one year and three months old. In Ramadan, she was playing, sometimes at my place, sometimes at her grandmother’s, and sometimes in the kitchen. She left her mother and went to the kitchen. When she came out of the kitchen to look for her, she asked the maid where the girl was. The maid said, “She is standing here with me now.” We went to her, may Allah reward you, and found her in the bathroom with a bucket on her head. It was a little heavy, meaning she could not bear it to the point of… Also, the bucket did not fall. The girl is big, and the bucket did not fall. We found her dead in the bucket. We took her to the hospital, and they said she had passed away. I do not know who is responsible. Is there anything on us regarding the fast in this matter? May Allah keep you safe.
The Shaykh:
If the mother was negligent and did not keep watch over her, and she went [away].
The questioner:
Keep watch over her. Listen to the answer, listen to the answer, my brother, listen to the answer.
The Shaykh:
Listen, may Allah guide you. If the mother was negligent and did not keep watch over her, then the expiation is upon her: fasting two consecutive months. If the mother was keeping watch over her, or she instructed someone to keep watch over her, but the girl went [away] by surprise and what happened happened, then there is nothing upon her. And praise be to Allah. Yes.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you. Honorable Shaykh!
Source
فتاوى على الهواء 15-11-1435هـ — alfawzan.live (21:09)
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