How did Shaykh Al-Albani rule that fasting was not obligatory for him after the incident of running over the child?
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The questioner : How did you rule that fasting was not obligatory for you after the incident of running over the child?
The Shaykh : How? What do you mean?
The questioner : I mean, how is it that the expiation is not obligatory for you?
The Shaykh : Because I am not a deliberate killer.
The questioner : And does that mean every accident is like that, or how do you explain the mistake?
The Shaykh : Do not generalize, may Allah reward you. Consider it...
The questioner : How is it a mistake?
The Shaykh : There are many, many examples, but we can give you, as they say, a comprehensive and exclusive statement: that the killing did not occur because the cause was not from the victim, but rather from the killer. Is that clear to you? And this happens often, as we have given as an example more than once: a man went out to hunt and shot at a gazelle, only to find a farmer working in his field.
The Shaykh : How? What do you mean?
The questioner : I mean, how is it that the expiation is not obligatory for you?
The Shaykh : Because I am not a deliberate killer.
The questioner : And does that mean every accident is like that, or how do you explain the mistake?
The Shaykh : Do not generalize, may Allah reward you. Consider it...
The questioner : How is it a mistake?
The Shaykh : There are many, many examples, but we can give you, as they say, a comprehensive and exclusive statement: that the killing did not occur because the cause was not from the victim, but rather from the killer. Is that clear to you? And this happens often, as we have given as an example more than once: a man went out to hunt and shot at a gazelle, only to find a farmer working in his field.
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