The ruling on a mother who is suspected of killing her infant accidentally
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Question:
She says: A woman fell asleep, and her infant was in her lap, and he was not ill. In the morning, the mother was surprised to find that her child had died, and she does not know whether she rolled over on him without realizing it, or whether she fell asleep while nursing him before removing the breast from his mouth. Does she have to fast two consecutive months?
And if she is required to fast the two months, how can she do so when the menstrual cycle comes, as you know, and breaks the fast? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good. And if the cycle ends, does she resume the fast, and in that case, does the cycle not affect the consecutiveness?
Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If she does not know, then she owes nothing. However, the precautionary measure is to fast; because it appears that he died due to her actions, either she fell asleep on him, or he choked on milk because she fell asleep with the breast in his mouth. The most likely scenario—may Allah know best—is that he died due to her actions. So, if she takes the precaution, if she takes the precaution—sister in Allah—and frees a slave, there are slaves who can be freed in some parts of Africa. Write to us, and we will buy one for you. There are slaves who can be freed for approximately ten thousand. And if she fasts and takes the precaution for the sake of her religion, that is better and safer; because the apparent reality of this situation is that you are the cause. The menstrual cycle does not harm you. When the cycle comes, break your fast, and when it goes, hasten to fast. From the time you perform the full ritual bath, you fast the following day. You complete sixty days, fasting sixty days, and the days interspersed with the cycle do not harm, but you must complete sixty consecutive days of fasting by excluding the days of the cycle from the count and not calculating them. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
She says: A woman fell asleep, and her infant was in her lap, and he was not ill. In the morning, the mother was surprised to find that her child had died, and she does not know whether she rolled over on him without realizing it, or whether she fell asleep while nursing him before removing the breast from his mouth. Does she have to fast two consecutive months?
And if she is required to fast the two months, how can she do so when the menstrual cycle comes, as you know, and breaks the fast? Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good. And if the cycle ends, does she resume the fast, and in that case, does the cycle not affect the consecutiveness?
Please guide us, may Allah reward you with good.
Answer:
If she does not know, then she owes nothing. However, the precautionary measure is to fast; because it appears that he died due to her actions, either she fell asleep on him, or he choked on milk because she fell asleep with the breast in his mouth. The most likely scenario—may Allah know best—is that he died due to her actions. So, if she takes the precaution, if she takes the precaution—sister in Allah—and frees a slave, there are slaves who can be freed in some parts of Africa. Write to us, and we will buy one for you. There are slaves who can be freed for approximately ten thousand. And if she fasts and takes the precaution for the sake of her religion, that is better and safer; because the apparent reality of this situation is that you are the cause. The menstrual cycle does not harm you. When the cycle comes, break your fast, and when it goes, hasten to fast. From the time you perform the full ritual bath, you fast the following day. You complete sixty days, fasting sixty days, and the days interspersed with the cycle do not harm, but you must complete sixty consecutive days of fasting by excluding the days of the cycle from the count and not calculating them. Yes.
The presenter: May Allah reward you with good, and may He do you good.
Source
binbaz.org.sa
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