A Child Drowns in a Pool of Water and What Is Required of His Mother

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, this questioner says: My mother neglected her child, who was two years old. She did not neglect him, but it was the decree of Allah the Exalted, and he drowned in a water pool until he died. What is required of her?

Answer:
If she was negligent and left him near the water while he did not know what he was doing, and he moved and fell into the water, then she is negligent and an expiation is required of her. Or if she left the tank open without putting anything on it, then she is also negligent in that she did not cover the tank, and the child fell into it. Even if an adult had fallen into it, his blood money would be obligatory, and the expiation would be obligatory, because this resembles killing by resemblance. So if there is negligence on the part of the mother that results in the death of the child, the expiation is required of her. And if she was not negligent, then nothing is required of her. Yes.

The presenter:
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