I am a woman who had an infant with me when I traveled with my brother from Dammam to Riyadh
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The questioner : A female questioner says, "May your excellence...The Shaykh : I am a woman who had an infant with me.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I am a woman who had an infant with me. When I traveled with my brother from Dammam to Riyadh, one of the tires burst, and the car overturned, and this infant died in this accident. My question, O honorableThe Shaykh : Do I owe an expiation for the death of that infant, because I fear that I may have been negligent? And what is the expiation?
The Shaykh : She does not owe an expiation. And she was not negligent. A woman who traveled with her child with her; this is not negligence. This is a common occurrence among people, and they do not consider her negligent. As for the driver of the car, it must be examined: Did the tire burst due to his negligence or his transgression? In that case, he is liable. But if it was not due to his negligence or his transgression, meaning that he may have inspected the car and did not find a defect in it, but the divine decree and destiny are above all things, then he owes nothing. And this happens often. Sometimes a tire bursts without any cause, neither from speed nor from overloading beyond capacity. But when Allah wills something, it happens, so he owes nothing. The rule is: - listen to it - "Every accident that is not due to the driver's negligence or his transgression, he owes nothing for it". Yes.
The questioner : The questioner says.
The Shaykh : Last question. People want to sleep. Is that not so? I feel that you want to sleep.
The questioner : Not now, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : If it is ten minutes.
The Shaykh : Ten minutes? What time is it now?
The questioner : Ten minutes to nine. Nine minus ten.
The Shaykh : According to my timing, four minutes and eighteen seconds have passed. It has passed for the lesson. Shall we take it? And take a little?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes? Okay. Fine. Now there are seven minutes left until nine. Is that enough? Good, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : What?
The questioner : I am a woman who had an infant with me. When I traveled with my brother from Dammam to Riyadh, one of the tires burst, and the car overturned, and this infant died in this accident. My question, O honorableThe Shaykh : Do I owe an expiation for the death of that infant, because I fear that I may have been negligent? And what is the expiation?
The Shaykh : She does not owe an expiation. And she was not negligent. A woman who traveled with her child with her; this is not negligence. This is a common occurrence among people, and they do not consider her negligent. As for the driver of the car, it must be examined: Did the tire burst due to his negligence or his transgression? In that case, he is liable. But if it was not due to his negligence or his transgression, meaning that he may have inspected the car and did not find a defect in it, but the divine decree and destiny are above all things, then he owes nothing. And this happens often. Sometimes a tire bursts without any cause, neither from speed nor from overloading beyond capacity. But when Allah wills something, it happens, so he owes nothing. The rule is: - listen to it - "Every accident that is not due to the driver's negligence or his transgression, he owes nothing for it". Yes.
The questioner : The questioner says.
The Shaykh : Last question. People want to sleep. Is that not so? I feel that you want to sleep.
The questioner : Not now, O Shaykh.
The Shaykh : Yes?
The questioner : If it is ten minutes.
The Shaykh : Ten minutes? What time is it now?
The questioner : Ten minutes to nine. Nine minus ten.
The Shaykh : According to my timing, four minutes and eighteen seconds have passed. It has passed for the lesson. Shall we take it? And take a little?
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good.
The Shaykh : Yes? Okay. Fine. Now there are seven minutes left until nine. Is that enough? Good, if Allah wills.
The questioner : May Allah reward you with good, O Shaykh.