My young son entered the bathroom, fell into the water, and died. Do I have to fast for two months?

The questioner : Yes. First, regarding a child who passed away, yes, he drowned in the water. He drowned in the water in the house. Yes, he drowned in the water. And when I hear people saying he should fast for two months continuously, I don't know what that is, and I don't know. I am uneducated; I cannot read or write.

The Shaykh : Yes, but why? Did you put him near the water? Yes. Did you put him near the water?

The questioner : No, by Allah, we did not put him near the water. He went to the bathroom, may Allah honor you, and he did not die. I came and found him dead in the water.

The Shaykh : Is he old?

The questioner : He is 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 and...

The Shaykh : And you were around him walking, saying he fell?

The questioner : No, by Allah, I was in the kitchen. Yes, I was preparing lunch and such, making lunch.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : And he went to the bathroom and fell in the bathroom.

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 going...

The questioner : I was worried about the bathroom, so I came to him so that he would not slip in the water.

The Shaykh : Yes, but did you see him one day going toward the bathroom? No, by Allah, I did not see him. How did he come from you and 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, then there is nothing on you.

The questioner : Never mind.

The Shaykh : No, you do not fast, because as long as his father was present, you...

The questioner : I hear people saying they fast for two months, so...

The Shaykh : No, no, people do not know, people do not know.

The questioner : Meaning, there is nothing on her in this matter.

The Shaykh : I do not know anything at all.

The questioner : And you, the second time, you dreamed while I was sleeping, you dreamed and saw him asking for something, yes, he was calling me, "Mother," asking for water.

The Shaykh : Yes.

The questioner : And I got up and asked him, and he said, "Put down a drink or a beverage, or in any street, or in any place, or put down food and gather people to eat it, or distribute provisions."

The Shaykh : No, there is no need for that.

The questioner : Meaning, now there is no need.

The Shaykh : There is no need at all, it is all general.

The questioner : No, do not put this or that.

The Shaykh : No, neither this nor that. We ask Allah to grant him intercession and to reward you for him. Yes.