The Ruling on Expiation for Unintentional Killing
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Question:
The questioner, Abu Muhammad, says: Several years ago, when I was seventeen, my brother and my sister’s daughter died in a car accident. I was the one driving, and I neither fasted nor paid the expiation. Now I am over fifty. Do I have to fast for those years?
Answer:
If the accident was caused by you, even to a small degree, even one percent, and you were negligent, then you owe the expiation for every soul: fasting two consecutive months. However, if the accident was not caused by you, but was purely divine decree and destiny, then you owe nothing. Yes.
The questioner, Abu Muhammad, says: Several years ago, when I was seventeen, my brother and my sister’s daughter died in a car accident. I was the one driving, and I neither fasted nor paid the expiation. Now I am over fifty. Do I have to fast for those years?
Answer:
If the accident was caused by you, even to a small degree, even one percent, and you were negligent, then you owe the expiation for every soul: fasting two consecutive months. However, if the accident was not caused by you, but was purely divine decree and destiny, then you owe nothing. Yes.
Source
نور على الدرب - الفوزان - 03/168 — archive.org (5:19)
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