Is the mother remiss in her duty towards her son who drowned, and who used to run away from home and neglect his studies and prayers, and what is her recompense?
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If the repeated escape of the child did not result from the mother's negligence in his custody, then she is not religiously responsible for his death by drowning; because a person is held accountable for his actions or for causing them, and what befell the child is a calamity that expiates the mother's sins and transgressions. The Quranic verses indicate that a person is only held accountable for his effort and deed, and does not bear the burden of another.
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