What is the expiation for killing by mistake?
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Question:
The questioner says: My sister and my brother were placed by our mother next to embers to warm them, and my sister caught fire and died. Does our mother have to fast on her behalf? Knowing that my sister was five years old.
Answer:
Yes, if she left her near the fire, if she left her and went away while she was near the fire and did not move her away from the fire or move the fire away from her, and she was not present with her, then she caused her death. So the expiation is upon her, which is freeing a slave. If she does not find one, then she fasts two consecutive months. Yes.
The questioner says: My sister and my brother were placed by our mother next to embers to warm them, and my sister caught fire and died. Does our mother have to fast on her behalf? Knowing that my sister was five years old.
Answer:
Yes, if she left her near the fire, if she left her and went away while she was near the fire and did not move her away from the fire or move the fire away from her, and she was not present with her, then she caused her death. So the expiation is upon her, which is freeing a slave. If she does not find one, then she fasts two consecutive months. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، ما كفارة القتل بالخطأ؟ للشيخ الفوزان — youtube.com
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