What is obligatory upon the one who caused the death of his mother in a car accident
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman died as a result of a car accident, and the driver was her son. He asks: What is obligatory upon him?
Answer:
If he was negligent in driving the car and caused the accident, then he owes the blood money and expiation. But if he did not cause it, and it happened without any action on his part, then he owes nothing. Yes. The accident is examined to see what its cause was. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A woman died as a result of a car accident, and the driver was her son. He asks: What is obligatory upon him?
Answer:
If he was negligent in driving the car and caused the accident, then he owes the blood money and expiation. But if he did not cause it, and it happened without any action on his part, then he owes nothing. Yes. The accident is examined to see what its cause was. Yes.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، بداية من الوجه السابع : أن اعتماد العبد على المخلوق وتوكله عليه يوجب له الضرر من جهته هو ولا بد — islamhouse.com (57:59)
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