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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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A woman gave birth alone and the child died; is she required to do anything?

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Question: A woman was in labor, and her husband went out at night to fetch the midwife while she was alone in the house. She gave birth, and he found her looking at the child, but she was afraid that if she picked up the child, she would die, because the placenta had not come out. After five minutes, the child died during the pre-dawn meal. This woman asks: Is she responsible for his soul or not?

Answer: If the facts are as stated in the question, then the mother of the child owes nothing, because she did not do anything that caused his death.
Source binbaz.org.sa

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