The ruling on a mother fasting on behalf of her drowned son
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The questioner : It begins with a child who passed away.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. And he drowned in the water. He drowned in the water in the house. Yes, it was not an accident, and I hear people saying they should fast two consecutive months, and I don’t know what it is, and I don’t know, I am illiterate, I cannot read or write. Yes, but why? Did you put him by the water? Yes. Did you put him by the water?
The questioner : No, by Allah, we did not put him by the water. He was afraid of the bathroom, may Allah reward you, and he did not die. You find him on the edge of the water.
The Shaykh : Is he old?
The questioner : He was four years old.
The Shaykh : Four years old, and he was playing and went to the bathroom and fell? Or what?
The questioner : Yes, he was playing and fell into the water.
The Shaykh : And you were walking around him, he is the one who fell.
The questioner : No, by Allah, I was in the kitchen. Yes, I was preparing the lunch, and so on, making the lunch.
The Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : And he went to the bathroom and fell in the bathroom with you.
The Shaykh : And was the bathroom open or how?
The questioner : The bathroom was open, and there was water in the bathtub, full of water, in the bathtub full of water, meaning like a pool.
The Shaykh : And did you see him one day?
The questioner : I was afraid for the bathroom, I came to the one who does not splash us with water.
The Shaykh : Yes, naturally, did you see him going toward the bathroom?
The questioner : No, by Allah.
The Shaykh : You don’t know. How did he come from you, where did he go?
The questioner : I went to the kitchen, and he was with his father in the sitting room.
The Shaykh : With his father? Yes, I don’t know anything.
The questioner : He owes nothing.
The Shaykh : No, absolutely, no problem.
The questioner : Innocent.
The Shaykh : Absolutely, you do not fast, because as long as his father is present. Do you understand?
The questioner : I hear people saying they fast a month.
The Shaykh : No, no, people do not know, people do not know.
The questioner : Meaning, there is no choice for him.
The Shaykh : Absolutely, he has nothing on him.
The questioner : My Lord, truly, I dreamed. And I was sleeping. Peace be upon you. Did you dream and see him asking for something? Yes. He calls me, "Mother," asking for water.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And I got up and asked him, and he said, "Put down a cold drink or a beverage, or in any street, or put down food and gather people to eat it, or distribute provisions."
The Shaykh : Absolutely, it has no connection.
The questioner : Meaning, because there is no need.
The Shaykh : There is absolutely no need, it is all one thing.
The questioner : No, do not put this or that.
The Shaykh : Neither this nor that, we ask Allah to grant intercession through him and to reward you for him.
The Shaykh : Yes, indeed. And he drowned in the water. He drowned in the water in the house. Yes, it was not an accident, and I hear people saying they should fast two consecutive months, and I don’t know what it is, and I don’t know, I am illiterate, I cannot read or write. Yes, but why? Did you put him by the water? Yes. Did you put him by the water?
The questioner : No, by Allah, we did not put him by the water. He was afraid of the bathroom, may Allah reward you, and he did not die. You find him on the edge of the water.
The Shaykh : Is he old?
The questioner : He was four years old.
The Shaykh : Four years old, and he was playing and went to the bathroom and fell? Or what?
The questioner : Yes, he was playing and fell into the water.
The Shaykh : And you were walking around him, he is the one who fell.
The questioner : No, by Allah, I was in the kitchen. Yes, I was preparing the lunch, and so on, making the lunch.
The Shaykh : Here.
The questioner : And he went to the bathroom and fell in the bathroom with you.
The Shaykh : And was the bathroom open or how?
The questioner : The bathroom was open, and there was water in the bathtub, full of water, in the bathtub full of water, meaning like a pool.
The Shaykh : And did you see him one day?
The questioner : I was afraid for the bathroom, I came to the one who does not splash us with water.
The Shaykh : Yes, naturally, did you see him going toward the bathroom?
The questioner : No, by Allah.
The Shaykh : You don’t know. How did he come from you, where did he go?
The questioner : I went to the kitchen, and he was with his father in the sitting room.
The Shaykh : With his father? Yes, I don’t know anything.
The questioner : He owes nothing.
The Shaykh : No, absolutely, no problem.
The questioner : Innocent.
The Shaykh : Absolutely, you do not fast, because as long as his father is present. Do you understand?
The questioner : I hear people saying they fast a month.
The Shaykh : No, no, people do not know, people do not know.
The questioner : Meaning, there is no choice for him.
The Shaykh : Absolutely, he has nothing on him.
The questioner : My Lord, truly, I dreamed. And I was sleeping. Peace be upon you. Did you dream and see him asking for something? Yes. He calls me, "Mother," asking for water.
The Shaykh : Yes.
The questioner : And I got up and asked him, and he said, "Put down a cold drink or a beverage, or in any street, or put down food and gather people to eat it, or distribute provisions."
The Shaykh : Absolutely, it has no connection.
The questioner : Meaning, because there is no need.
The Shaykh : There is absolutely no need, it is all one thing.
The questioner : No, do not put this or that.
The Shaykh : Neither this nor that, we ask Allah to grant intercession through him and to reward you for him.
Source
سؤال من حاج 1407هـ - 1 — binothaimeen.net (27:39)
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