A child drowns in a pond near the mosque and the mother’s negligence
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Question:
The questioner: In the second-to-last question, Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: I am the mother of a child who is five years old. This child went with his brother to perform the prayer. The older son entered the mosque and was inattentive to his younger brother, so it happened that this little one went to a pond next to the mosque, went down into it, and died. The question is: Is the mother negligent in this, such that she has to fast, or not?
Answer:
There is nothing on her, if Allah wills, because this is a customary matter. Children going out with their siblings for a break is nothing wrong with it, and praise be to Allah. There is nothing on her, if Allah wills, because this is a customary matter, and it is not called negligence.
The questioner: In the second-to-last question, Your Eminence the Shaykh, the questioner says: I am the mother of a child who is five years old. This child went with his brother to perform the prayer. The older son entered the mosque and was inattentive to his younger brother, so it happened that this little one went to a pond next to the mosque, went down into it, and died. The question is: Is the mother negligent in this, such that she has to fast, or not?
Answer:
There is nothing on her, if Allah wills, because this is a customary matter. Children going out with their siblings for a break is nothing wrong with it, and praise be to Allah. There is nothing on her, if Allah wills, because this is a customary matter, and it is not called negligence.
Source
واجب أهل العلم — islamhouse.com (1:22:41)
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