A woman whose child went out into the street and was hit by a car: is she required to do anything?

Question: A woman has a son who is two years old. He went out of the house into the street, and a car belonging to one of her relatives hit him unintentionally. Is her mother required to do anything, given that she is deeply pained by this incident?

Answer: If the situation is as described in the question, then the child’s mother owes nothing. Rather, the blood money and the expiation are upon the one who hit the child.
We ask Allah to replace their loss with something better and to heal their grief. Indeed, to Allah we belong and to Him we return.