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Question
A mother gave her baby girl a bottle and went to sleep. When she woke up she found the child dead.
Answer
Praise be to Allah, and blessings and peace be upon the Messenger of Allah:
I asked Shaykh ‘Abd al-‘Azeez ibn Baaz (may Allaah have mercy on him) about this and he replied as follows:
If she does not remember pushing the bottle into the baby’s mouth, then she is not to blame. And Allaah knows best.
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