Leaving the key in the car and ordering his wife to take his mother to the hospital, but the wife was delayed and the child got in and moved the car, crushing the mother
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Fatwa number ( 16504 )
Q: My mother was advanced in age and ill, and the key was in the car. I told my wife: “Take my mother in the car so I can take her to the hospital.” However, Allah caused the woman to be delayed by approximately five minutes in taking her in. My young son came and got in the car, turned the key, the engine started, and he crushed my mother, and she died as a result of this crushing. Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good, what is required of us in this regard? Also, I have a daughter who is one year and two months old, and her mother was inside the house. The little girl went out after the children, and there was a pot containing water, and the girl fell into the pot and drowned and died. Is her mother required to pay an expiation or not?
A: First : It is obligatory for you to pay an expiation for your negligence in leaving the key in the car, which resulted in your young son moving the car and crushing
your mother. The expiation is freeing a believing slave; if you do not find one, then fast two consecutive months. Second : Your young daughter, who is one year and two months old and fell into the pot containing water and died, her mother is not required to pay an expiation; because the original state is the innocence of the conscience, and she did not do anything that would make her conscience liable. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
Q: My mother was advanced in age and ill, and the key was in the car. I told my wife: “Take my mother in the car so I can take her to the hospital.” However, Allah caused the woman to be delayed by approximately five minutes in taking her in. My young son came and got in the car, turned the key, the engine started, and he crushed my mother, and she died as a result of this crushing. Please inform us, may Allah reward you with good, what is required of us in this regard? Also, I have a daughter who is one year and two months old, and her mother was inside the house. The little girl went out after the children, and there was a pot containing water, and the girl fell into the pot and drowned and died. Is her mother required to pay an expiation or not?
A: First : It is obligatory for you to pay an expiation for your negligence in leaving the key in the car, which resulted in your young son moving the car and crushing
your mother. The expiation is freeing a believing slave; if you do not find one, then fast two consecutive months. Second : Your young daughter, who is one year and two months old and fell into the pot containing water and died, her mother is not required to pay an expiation; because the original state is the innocence of the conscience, and she did not do anything that would make her conscience liable. And success is from Allah, and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, his family, and his Companions.
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