The ruling on a woman whose child fell from her hands and died

Question:
After this, a message was sent by one of the listening brothers. He says: I am 'Abd al-Da'im from al-Madinah al-Munawwarah. Our brother says: My son’s wife, one day, had a son who was crying. She wanted to stop his crying out of compassion for him, so she took him from the room to the balcony to quiet him. She lifted him between her hands with the intention of entertaining him, but he shook himself free from between his mother’s hands and fell outside the building. He did not stay in the hospital for more than two days before he died. We ask your eminence to issue a ruling on what expiation is obligatory for her regarding this, and whether her expiation involves feeding, fasting, or what else? May Allah reward you with good.

Answer:
We hope that nothing is required of her; because she intended a benefit and sought good; so nothing is required of her. It was he who did it; he was the one who threw himself, and he was eager to get away from her; so it does not harm her—if Allah wills—because she did not throw him, and she did not expose him to being thrown. She only lifted him, and he slipped out of her hands by force until he threw himself down. We hope that nothing is required of her.