The Falsity of the Claim That Surat al-Zalzalah Causes Miscarriage

Q: There is a woman suffering from a mental illness. People told her that if a patient is afflicted with a severe illness, one should recite Surat al-Zalzalah; either the patient will be cured or he will die. She asked someone to recite it for her and drank from the recitation. After a period, she became pregnant and drank from the recitation, and she gave birth to a healthy child. After weaning him, she became pregnant with another, and in the ninth month the illness returned to her, so she drank from the recitation, but on that same day she gave birth to a dead child. After a period, she became pregnant with another, and the illness returned to her, so she drank from the same recitation. In the eighth month, she drank from the recitation and gave birth to a dead boy. After a period, she became pregnant, and in her seventh month she felt ill and drank from the recitation. The following night, she gave birth to a living girl. She has heard from people that Surat al-Zalzalah causes miscarriage, and that there is a black seed in the recitation, and that the black seed causes the child to be miscarried, though she did not know this. Does she owe anything regarding the children who died?

A: First: What people say about Surat al-Zalzalah, that it cures the patient or causes him to die, and what they said, that it causes the child to be miscarried, has no basis; rather, it is one of the false superstitions of the common people.
Second: The woman mentioned does not owe a ransom payment or an expiation, because her action was not the cause of their deaths.