A woman was breast feeding her child
in the bed. She then left that child to look after other children. She stayed with the
other children until they slept. She also was exhausted and slept with them. When she
woke, she found that the first baby cried a great deal and was being affected by the
crying. He was taken to the hospital and stayed there a number of days. He then died
because of that. The question is: Does that mother have to make an expiation? If so, what
is it?
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There is No Expiation Upon Her
Question: 4661
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.
If the events were as described in the question, there is no expiation upon the mother of the child. This is because she did not do anything that caused the child’s death.
Source:
Shaikh ibn Baz
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