A woman sleeps on her child and he dies

Question:
As for the woman who sleeps on her child and then he dies, is she held accountable for that, O Shaykh?

Answer:
She does not commit a sin, but she owes the expiation, because this is considered accidental killing. She owes the expiation because this falls under accidental killing. If she slept on him until he died, or if she shook him while she was sleeping and he died as a result, or if another child of someone else died, it would be considered accidental killing. She owes the blood money and the expiation. . In accidental killing, men and women are equal, as are the sleeping and the waking. Yes.