A woman slept with her young daughter and passed away that night, so the mother feared that she had slept on her and that was why she died; is fasting required of her, and does this doubt have any basis?

The questioner : A questioner says: I sleep, and I have a young daughter. One night I was sleeping with her, and she passed away that night. I am doubtful about the cause of her death, and my doubt is that I may have slept on her, and since she was small and could not bear it, she died. But my question is: is fasting required of me? Please advise me, may Allah reward you with good. And does this doubt have any basis?

The Shaykh : This doubt has no basis and no justification, because souls are in the hand of Allah (Mighty and Majestic). Allah the Exalted said: The legal principle is that the original state is the innocence of the conscience. So if a person is doubtful about a matter—whether it is obligatory or not—the original state is the innocence of the conscience and the absence of obligation. Based on this, we say: there is nothing required of this mother, neither blood money nor expiation.