The funeral prayer should be offered for every child even if he were the son of a prostitute as he was born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone). If his parents are Muslims, particularly the father, even if his mother were a non-Muslim, and if he after the delivery cries (even once) before his death (i.e. born alive) then the funeral prayer must be offered. And if the child does not cry after his delivery (i.e. born dead) then his funeral prayer should not be offered, and he will be considered as a miscarriage. Abu Huraira, narrated that the Prophet ﷺ said, "Every child is born with a true faith (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) but his parents convert him to Judaism or to Christianity or to Magainism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you find it mutilated?" Then Abu Huraira recited the holy verses: 'The pure Allah's Islamic nature (true faith i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone), with which He has created human beings.' " (30.30).  

يُصَلَّى عَلَى كُلِّ مَوْلُودٍ مُتَوَفًّى وَإِنْ كَانَ لِغَيَّةٍ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ وُلِدَ عَلَى فِطْرَةِ الإِسْلاَمِ يَدَّعِي أَبَوَاهُ الإِسْلاَمَ أَوْ أَبُوهُ خَاصَّةً وَإِنْ كَانَتْ أُمُّهُ عَلَى غَيْرِ الإِسْلاَمِ إِذَا اسْتَهَلَّ صَارِخًا صُلِّيَ عَلَيْهِ وَلاَ يُصَلَّى عَلَى مَنْ لاَ يَسْتَهِلُّ مِنْ أَجْلِ أَنَّهُ سِقْطٌ فَإِنَّ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ كَانَ يُحَدِّثُ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ إِلاَّ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتَجُ الْبَهِيمَةُ بَهِيمَةً جَمْعَاءَ هَلْ تُحِسُّونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ – {فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا} الآيَةَ  

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Every child is born with a true faith of Islam (i.e. to worship none but Allah Alone) and his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity or Magianism, as an animal delivers a perfect baby animal. Do you find it mutilated?"  

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْبَهِيمَةِ تُنْتَجُ الْبَهِيمَةَ هَلْ تَرَى فِيهَا جَدْعَاءَ  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No child is born except on Al-Fitra (Islam) and then his parents make him Jewish, Christian or Magian, as an animal produces a perfect young animal: do you see any part of its body amputated?" Then he rec 'The religion of pure Islamic Faith (Hanifa),(i.e. to worship none but Allah), The pure Allah's Islamic nature with which He (Allah) has created mankind. Let There be no change in Allah's religion (i.e. to join none in Allah's worship). That is the straight religion; but most of men know not..." (30.30)  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ إِلاَّ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتَجُ الْبَهِيمَةُ بَهِيمَةً جَمْعَاءَ هَلْ تُحِسُّونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ {فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ}  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No child is born but has the Islamic Faith, but its parents turn it into a Jew or a Christian. It is as you help the animals give birth. Do you find among their offspring a mutilated one before you mutilate them yourself?" The people said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What do you think about those (of them) who die young?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah knows what they would have done (were they to live)."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ إِلاَّ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتِجُونَ الْبَهِيمَةَ هَلْ تَجِدُونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ حَتَّى تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ تَجْدَعُونَهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتُ وَهْوَ صَغِيرٌ قَالَ {اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ}  

There is none born but is created to his true nature (Islam). It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian quite as beasts produce their young with their limbs perfect. Do you see anything deficient in them? Then he quoted the Qur'an., The nature made by Allah in which He has created men there is no altering of Allah's creation; that is the right religion" (ar-Rum:30)  

رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ إِلاَّ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُمَجِّسَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتَجُ الْبَهِيمَةُ بَهِيمَةً جَمْعَاءَ هَلْ تُحِسُّونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ { فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ} الآيَةَ  

No child is born but upon Fitra. He then said. Recite: The nature made by Allah in which He created man, there is no altering of Allah's nature; that is the right religion."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ إِلاَّ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ اقْرَءُوا { فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لاَ تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ}  

No babe is born but upon Fitra. It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Polytheist. A person said: Messenger of Allah, what is your opinion if they were to die before that (before reaching the age of adolescence when they can distinguish between right and wrong)? He said: It is Allah alone Who knows what they would be doing.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ إِلاَّ يُلِدَ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُشَرِّكَانِهِ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ لَوْ مَاتَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

Every new-born babe is born on the millat (of Islam and he) remains on this until his tongue is enabled to express himself. This hadith has been narratted on the authority of Abu Mu'awiya through another chain of transmitters (and the words are):" Every child is born but on this Fitra so long as he does not express himself with his tongue."  

بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ فِي حَدِيثِ ابْنِ نُمَيْرٍ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ إِلاَّ وَهُوَ عَلَى الْمِلَّةِ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ إِلاَّ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمِلَّةِ حَتَّى يُبَيِّنَ عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي كُرَيْبٍ عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاوِيَةَ لَيْسَ مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ إِلاَّ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعَبِّرَ عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ  

An infant is born according to his (true) nature. It is his parents Who make him a Jew, a Christian, just as a she-camel gives birth to its young ones. Do you find any deficiency in their limbs? You cut their ears (i. e. after birth). They (the Companions of the Holy Prophet) said: What is your opinion about him who dies in infancy? Thereupon Allah's Apostle ﷺ said: It is Allah alone Who knows best what they would be doing.  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَذَكَرَ أَحَادِيثَ مِنْهَا وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَنْ يُولَدُ يُولَدُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تَنْتِجُونَ الإِبِلَ فَهَلْ تَجِدُونَ فِيهَا جَدْعَاءَ حَتَّى تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ تَجْدَعُونَهَا قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتُ صَغِيرًا قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

The mother of every person gives him birth according to his true nature. It is subsequently his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian. Had his parents been Muslim he would have also remained a Muslim. Every person to whom his mother gives birth (has two aspects of his life) ; when his mother gives birth Satan strikes him but it was not the case with Mary and her son (Jesus Christ).  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ تَلِدُهُ أُمُّهُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ وَأَبَوَاهُ بَعْدُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُمَجِّسَانِهِ فَإِنْ كَانَا مُسْلِمَيْنِ فَمُسْلِمٌ كُلُّ إِنْسَانٍ تَلِدُهُ أُمُّهُ يَلْكُزُهُ الشَّيْطَانُ فِي حِضْنَيْهِ إِلاَّ مَرْيَمَ وَابْنَهَا  

Every child is born on Islam, but his parents make him a Jew and a Christian, just as a beast is born whole. Do you find some among them (born) maimed? The people asked : Messenger of Allah! What do you think about the one who died while he was young? He replied : Allah knows best what he was going to do.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تَنَاتَجُ الإِبِلُ مِنْ بَهِيمَةٍ جَمْعَاءَ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

In our opinion it means that covenant which Allah had taken in the loins of their fathers when He said : “Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes.  

سَمِعْتُ حَمَّادَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ يُفَسِّرُ حَدِيثَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ قَالَ هَذَا عِنْدَنَا حَيْثُ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَهْدَ فِي أَصْلاَبِ آبَائِهِمْ حَيْثُ قَالَ { أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا بَلَى }  

"Every child is born upon the Millah, then his parents make him a Jew, a Christian, or an idolater." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! What about those who die before that?" He said: "Allah knows best what they would have done." [Another chain) with similar in meaning, and he said: "Born upon the Fiirah."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْمِلَّةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُشَرِّكَانِهِ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ هَلَكَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ بِهِ

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ وَالْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ نَحْوَهُ بِمَعْنَاهُ وَقَالَ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ  

Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu'z Zinad from al-Araj from Abu Hurayra that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every child is born on the fitra and it is his parents who make him a jew or a christian. Just as a camel is born whole - do you perceive any defect?" They said, "Messenger of Allah, what happens to people who die when they are (very) young?" He said, "Allah knows best what they used to do."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تُنَاتَجُ الإِبِلُ مِنْ بَهِيمَةٍ جَمْعَاءَ هَلْ تُحِسُّ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَرَأَيْتَ الَّذِي يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Every newborn is born upon Fitrah (natural inclination towards goodness), until their tongue expresses it. Once their tongue expresses it, they will either be grateful or ungrateful."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ فَإِذَا أَعْرَبَ عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ إِمَّا شَاكِرًا وَإِمَّا كَفُورًا  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Every child is born in a state of fitrah (natural disposition), but his parents make him Jewish, Christian, or Magian, just as animals produce perfect young animals. Do you see any among them that are born mutilated?"  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُمَجِّسَانِهِ كَمَثَلِ الْبَهِيمَةِتُنْتِجُ الْبَهِيمَةَ هَلْ تَكُونُ فِيهَا جَدْعَاءُ؟  

[Machine] From the Prophet ﷺ who said, "Every child is born upon Fitrah (natural disposition), then his parents make him a Jew, a Christian, or a Zoroastrian."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُشْرِكَانِهِ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent an entourage on the day of Ḥunayn. He said, "Go and capture the living from the Arabs." He mentioned the narration and said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, there is no newborn but he is born upon the fitrah (natural disposition), until his tongue expresses it."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ قَالَ رَوْحٌ فَأَتَوْا حَيًّا مِنْ أَحْيَاءِ الْعَرَبِ فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ قَالَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ تُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا  

[Machine] "And the first person to narrate in this mosque, meaning the Grand Mosque, said, 'I participated in four battles with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ .' He said, 'Some people took captives after killing the enemy, and this news reached the Messenger of Allah ﷺ . He said, 'What is wrong with certain people that they kill captives before taking them?' A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, aren't they the children of the polytheists?' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Indeed, the best among you are the children of the polytheists. Each child is born upon true nature (Fitrah), and then his parents make him a Jew or a Christian.' Hasan then concealed it."  

وَكَانَ أَوَّلَ مَنْ قَصَّ فِي هَذَا الْمَسْجِدِ يَعْنِي الْمَسْجِدَ الْجَامِعَ قَالَ غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَرْبَعَ غَزَوَاتٍ قَالَ فَتَنَاوَلَ قَوْمٌ الذُّرِّيَّةَ بَعْدَمَا قَتَلُوا الْمُقَاتِلَةَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَا مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ قَتَلُوا الْمُقَاتِلَةَ حَتَّى تَنَاوَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَوَلَيْسَ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟ قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنَّ خِيَارَكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِنَّهَا لَيْسَتْ نَسَمَةٌ تُولَدُ إِلَّا وُلِدَتْ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَمَا تَزَالُ عَلَيْهَا حَتَّى يُبِينَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا فَأَبَوَاهَا يُهَوِّدَانِهَا وَ يُنَصِّرَانِهَا قَالَ وَأَخْفَاهَا الْحَسَنُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a detachment on the day of Hunayn and they fought against the polytheists until they killed them and their descendants. When they returned, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ asked them, "What made you kill their descendants?" They replied, "O Messenger of Allah, they were the children of the polytheists." He said, "But are your children any different? By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, every child is born on the Fitrah (natural inclination towards monotheism) until his tongue expresses it."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ فَقَاتَلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأَفْضَى بِهِمُ الْقَتْلُ إِلَى الذُّرِّيَّةِ فَلَمَّا جَاءُوا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى قَتْلِ الذُّرِّيَّةِ؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا كَانُوا أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ أَوَهَلْ خِيَارُكُمْ إِلَّا أَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ تُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا  

[Machine] "I came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and fought with him. I was hit in the back, and on that day people were killing until they even killed children. The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Why do people go to such an extreme in killing today that they even kill children?' A man said, 'O Messenger of Allah! They are the children of the polytheists.' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Indeed, the best of you are the sons of the polytheists.' Then he said, 'Do not kill children, do not kill children.' He said, 'Every child is born on the Fitrah (innate nature) until his tongue expresses itself, and his parents make him a Jew or a Christian.'"  

أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ وَغَزَوْتُ مَعَهُ فَأَصَبْتُ ظَهْرًا فَقَتَلَ النَّاسُ يَوْمَئِذٍ حَتَّى قَتَلُوا الْوِلْدَانَ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً الذُّرِّيَّةَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ جَاوَزَهُمُ الْقَتْلُ الْيَوْمَ حَتَّى قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا هُمْ أَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ أَلَا إِنَّ خِيَارَكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا لَا تَقْتُلُوا ذُرِّيَّةً أَلَا لَا تَقْتُلُوا ذُرِّيَّةً قَالَ كُلُّ نَسَمَةٍ تُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا فَأَبَوَاهَا يُهَوِّدَانِهَا وَيُنَصِّرَانِهَا  

[Machine] "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Every child is born on the Fitrah (natural inclination), then his parents make him a Jew, a Christian, or a Magus, just as an animal gives birth to a complete animal. Do you find it mutilated?"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتَجُ الْبَهِيمَةُ بَهِيمَةً هَلْ تُحِسُّونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ؟  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No one is born except upon this religion." And Waki' (may Allah have mercy on him) also said this once on the religion.  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ مَوْلُودٌ يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمِلَّةِ وَقَالَ وَكِيعٌ مَرَّةً عَلَى الْمِلَّةِ  

[Machine] About the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "No newborn is born except upon this religion, so his parents make him Jewish or Christian." And he mentioned something similar.  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ لَا يُولَدُ مَوْلُودٌ إِلَّا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمِلَّةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ فَذَكَرَ نَحْوَهُ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Every child is born upon this religion (Islam), until their tongue is made clear by their parents making them Jews, Christians, or idolaters." They asked: "O Messenger of Allah, so how were their parents before that?" He said: "Allah knows best about what they used to do."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمِلَّةِ حَتَّى يُبِينَ عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُشَرِّكَانِهِ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَكَيْفَ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Every newborn is born in a state of fitrah (natural disposition), but it is their parents who make them Jews or Christians. It is like the way animals give birth to their young: do you find any among them that are born mutilated until you mutilate them? A man asked, 'Where are they (the parents)?' He said, 'Allah knows best what they have done.' Qays said, 'I do not see this man except as one who is predestined.'"  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ إِلَّا يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَبَوَاهُ اللَّذَانِ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتِجُونَ أَنْعَامَكُمْ هَلْ تَكُونُ فِيهَا جَدْعَاءُ حَتَّى تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ تَجْدَعُونَهَا؟ قَالَ رَجُلٌ فَأَيْنَ هُمْ؟ قَالَ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ قَالَ قَيْسٌ مَا أَرَى ذَلِكَ الرَّجُلَ إِلَّا كَانَ قَدَرِيًّا  

There is none born but is created to his true nature (Islam). It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian quite as beasts produce their young with their limbs perfect. Do you see anything deficient in them? Then he quoted the Qur'an., The nature made by Allah in which He has created men there is no altering of Allah's creation; that is the right religion" (ar-Rum:30) (Using translation from Muslim 2658b)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُمَجِّسَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتَجُ الْبَهِيمَةُ هَلْ تُحِسُّونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ؟ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {فِطْرَةَ اللهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَالنَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللهِ} [الروم 30]  

[Machine] "Indeed, the Prophet ﷺ said: Every newborn is born upon the natural disposition (fitrah), then his parents make him a Jew or a Christian, just as an animal gives birth to a perfect offspring. Have you noticed any defect in its ears?"  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ وُلِدَ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ مِثْلَ الْأَنْعَامِ تُنْتَجُ صِحَاحًا فَيُبَتِّكُونَ آذَانَهَا  

Every child is born on Islam, but his parents make him a Jew and a Christian, just as a beast is born whole. Do you find some among them (born) maimed? The people asked : Messenger of Allah! What do you think about the one who died while he was young? He replied : Allah knows best what he was going to do. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4714)   

وَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتِجُونَ الْإِبِلَ فَهَلْ تَجِدُونَ فِيهَا جَدْعَاءَ حَتَّى تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ تَجْدَعُونَهَا؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ؟ قَالَ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

No babe is born but upon Fitra. It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Polytheist. A person said: Messenger of Allah, what is your opinion if they were to die before that (before reaching the age of adolescence when they can distinguish between right and wrong)? He said: It is Allah alone Who knows what they would be doing. (Using translation from Muslim 2658e)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْمِلَّةِ وَقَالَ مَرَّةً كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُشْرِكَانِهِ قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ مَاتَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a secret troop on the day of Khaybar to fight the polytheists. They continued fighting until they reached a village. When they arrived, the Prophet ﷺ asked them, "What led you to kill the villagers?" They replied, "O Messenger of Allah, they were the children of the polytheists." He said, "And were your children any better than the children of the polytheists? By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, every child is born on the fitrah (natural inclination towards monotheism) until his tongue speaks for him."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً يَوْمَ خَيْبَرَ فَقَاتَلُوا الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَأَمْضَى بِهِمُ الْقَتْلُ إِلَى الذُّرِّيَّةِ فَلَمَّا جَاءُوا قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «مَا حَمَلَكُمْ عَلَى قَتْلِ الذُّرِّيَّةِ؟» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّمَا كَانُوا أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ قَالَ «وَهَلْ خِيَارُكُمْ إِلَّا أَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ تُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا»  

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet ﷺ , he said, "Every newborn is born upon the natural disposition, and then his parents make him Jewish, Christian or Magian."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُمَجِّسَانِهِ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Every newborn is born on the Fitrah (pure natural disposition), but his parents make him Jewish, Christian or Magian."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ»  

There is none born but is created to his true nature (Islam). It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Magian quite as beasts produce their young with their limbs perfect. Do you see anything deficient in them? Then he quoted the Qur'an., The nature made by Allah in which He has created men there is no altering of Allah's creation; that is the right religion" (Rūm 30) (Using translation from Muslim 2658b)  

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُمَجِّسَانِهِ كَمَا تَنْتِجُونَ إِبِلَكُمْ هَذِهِ هَلْ تُحِسُّونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ؟ » ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ فَاقْرَؤُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {فِطْرَةَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ}  

[Machine] When they killed the children, the Prophet ﷺ was informed and he said, "Are not your best among you the children of the polytheists? Every child is born upon the innate nature of Islam, and then his parents make him Jewish, Christian, or Magian."  

أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ فَبَلَغَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارُكُمْ أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى فِطْرَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُمَجِّسَانِهِ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ sent a military expedition and it was reported to him that they killed the children of the polytheists. When the Prophet ﷺ received this news, he said, "What is the matter with people who reach the point of killing the children of the polytheists?" They said, "O Messenger of Allah! And he mentioned a statement after that." He ﷺ said, "Isn't it your best among you the children of the polytheists? By the One in Whose Hand my soul is, no newborn is born but upon the natural disposition until his parents make him Jewish or Christian."  

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ سَرِيَّةً فَبَلَغَ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمْ أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ بَلَغَ مِنْ قَتْلِهِمْ أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ» فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً بَعْدَهَا فَقَالَ «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارُكُمْ أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا مَوْلُودٌ يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ»  

[Machine] When they killed the offspring, the Prophet ﷺ was informed about it. He said, "Are not the best of you those who are born to the polytheists? Every newborn is born on the fitrah (natural inclination towards Islam) until his parents make him a Jew, a Christian, or a Magian."  

أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارُكُمْ أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى فِطْرَةِ الْإِسْلَامِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "Every child is born upon Fitrah (innate goodness), until his language expresses something else. His parents raise him as a Jew or a Christian."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ»  

[Machine] "I participated in a battle alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and he achieved victory over our enemies. Some people started killing infants, and when the Prophet ﷺ was informed about this, he said, 'What has happened to people that they have gone so far as to kill children?' Then a man said, 'O Messenger of Allah, they are the sons of the idolaters.' The Prophet ﷺ replied, 'The best among you are the children of the idolaters. Do not kill children, for every child is born on the natural disposition (fitrah) until his tongue expresses it. His parents make him Jewish or Christian'."  

غَزَوْتُ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَفَتَحَ لَهُمْ فَتَنَاوَلَ بَعْضُ النَّاسِ قَتْلَ الْوِلْدَانِ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ جَاوَزَ بِهِمُ الْقَتْلُ حَتَّى قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّمَا هُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ «خِيَارُكُمْ أَبْنَاءُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ أَلَا لَا تُقْتَلُ الذُّرِّيَّةُ كُلُّ نَسَمَةٍ تُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا فَأَبَوَاهَا يُهَوِّدَانِهَا وَيُنَصِّرَانِهَا»  

[Machine] "We went on a campaign with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and killing continued until they killed the offspring. When the Prophet ﷺ was informed of that, he said, 'What is the matter with people who have killed the offspring?' A man said, 'Are they not the children of the polytheists?' The Prophet ﷺ said, 'Are not the best of you those who were born from the polytheists, and then their parents made them Jews, Christians, or Magians?' (This is the wording of the hadith narrated by Al-Muqaddimiy)"  

غَزَوْنَا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَأَفْضَى بِهِمُ الْقَتْلُ إِلَى أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «مَا بَالُ أَقْوَامٍ أَفْضَى بِهِمُ الْقَتْلُ إِلَى أَنْ قَتَلُوا الذُّرِّيَّةَ» فَقَالَ رَجُلٌ أَوَلَيْسُوا أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ؟ فَقَالَ «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارُكُمْ أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُمَجِّسَانِهِ» وَاللَّفْظُ لِحَدِيثِ الْمُقَدَّمِيِّ  

[Machine] About Aswad ibn Sari'a, they fought alongside the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and encountered the enemy, killing them until they reached the women and children. They asked the Prophet ﷺ who said, "Every child is born on Al-Fitrah (the natural inclination towards monotheism), and it is his parents who convert him to Judaism or Christianity."  

عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ أَنَّهُمْ غَزَوْا مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَلَقُوا الْعَدُوَّ فَقَتَلُوا حَتَّى أَفْضَوْا إِلَى الذُّرِّيَّةِ فَسَأَلُوا النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , sent a detachment and they killed the children. The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , asked them, "What is the matter with the children?" They replied, "O Messenger of Allah, are they not from their fathers?" The Messenger of Allah, ﷺ , said, "Are not the best of you those who are born to polytheists? Indeed, every newborn child is born on the natural inclination (fitrah) until their tongue expresses it."  

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَأَفْضَى بِهَا الْقَتْلُ حَتَّى قَتَلُوا الْوِلْدَانَ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «مَا بَالُ الْوِلْدَانِ؟» قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَوَلَيْسُوا مِنْ آبَائِهِمْ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارُكُمْ أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ إِنَّ كُلَّ نَسَمَةٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا»  

[Machine] The Prophet ﷺ said, "By the One in Whose hand is my soul, every child is born upon the Fitrah (natural inclination), and it is only his parents who turn him into a Jew or a Christian or a Magian."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا مِنْ نَسَمَةٍ تُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْهَا لِسَانُهَا»  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent out a military expedition, and they encountered the enemy and engaged in fighting until they reached the children. When the expedition returned, they informed the Prophet ﷺ about what happened. He asked them, "Didn't they tire you?" They replied, "They were the children of the polytheists." The Prophet ﷺ said, "Are not the best among you those who are born to polytheists?" Then he called for a crier and announced, "Indeed, every newborn is born on the fitrah (natural inclination towards monotheism)."  

بَعَثَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ سَرِيَّةً فَلَقُوا فَتَتَابَعُوا فِي الْقَتْلِ حَتَّى أَفْضَوْا إِلَى الْوِلْدَانِ فَلَمَّا رَجَعَتِ السَّرِيَّةُ رَقَى ذَلِكَ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «أَلَمْ أَنْهَكُمْ؟» فَقَالُوا إِنَّمَا هُمْ أَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارُكُمْ أَوْلَادَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ» ثُمَّ أَمَرَ مُنَادِيًا فَنَادَى «أَلَا إِنَّ كُلَّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ»  

Every child is born on Islam, but his parents make him a Jew and a Christian, just as a beast is born whole. Do you find some among them (born) maimed? The people asked : Messenger of Allah! What do you think about the one who died while he was young? He replied : Allah knows best what he was going to do. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4714)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تَنَاتَجُ الْإِبِلُ مِنْ بَهِيمَةٍ جَمْعَاءَ هَلْ تُحِسُّ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولُ اللهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ؟ قَالَ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "There is no newborn among the children of Adam except that he is born upon the fitrah (natural disposition), until his parents make him Jewish, Christian, or Magian, just as an animal gives birth to a perfect offspring. Do you find any among them imperfect? Then Abu Hurairah recited: 'The fitrah (natural disposition) of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.'" [Quran 30:30]  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ مَا مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ فِي بَنِي آدَمَ إِلَّا يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يَكُونَ أَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتَجُ الْبَهِيمَةُ بَهِيمَةً جَمْعَاءَ هَلْ تُحِسُّونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ؟ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ أَبُو هُرَيْرَةَ وَاقْرَءُوا إِنْ شِئْتُمْ {فِطْرَةَ اللهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللهِ ذَلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ} [الروم 30]  

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "No child is born but has the Islamic Faith, but its parents turn it into a Jew or a Christian. It is as you help the animals give birth. Do you find among their offspring a mutilated one before you mutilate them yourself?" The people said, "O Messenger of Allah ﷺ! What do you think about those (of them) who die young?" The Prophet ﷺ said, "Allah knows what they would have done (were they to live)." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6599)   

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَنْ يُولَدُ يُولَدُ عَلَى هَذِهِ الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تُنْتَجُ الْبَهِيمَةُ فَهَلْ تَجِدُونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ حَتَّى تَكُونُوا أَنْتُمْ تَجْدَعُونَهَا؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولُ اللهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ؟ قَالَ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no newborn except that they are born upon this religion until their tongue becomes apparent, and then their parents either make them into Jews, or Christians, or polytheists, or magicians." They asked, "O Messenger of Allah, what about those who came before that?" Meaning, those who have died. He said, "Allah knows best what they were doing."  

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لَيْسَ مِنْ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ إِلَّا عَلَى هَذِهِ الْمِلَّةِ حَتَّى يُبِينَ عَنْهُ لِسَانُهُ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُشَرِّكَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ قَالَ فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَكَيْفَ بِمَنْ كَانَ قَبْلَ ذَلِكَ؟ يَعْنِي مَاتَ قَالَ اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ  

[Machine] Narrated by the Prophet ﷺ , "Every newborn is born on the Fitrah (natural inclination towards goodness) until his parents convert him to Judaism or Christianity or change his nature. Al-Shafi'i, in the old narration of Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Baghdadi, stated that the Prophet ﷺ said, 'Every newborn is born on the Fitrah (the natural inclination upon which Allah has created mankind), and it is the parents who turn them into one of the two beliefs: faith or disbelief.' They have no choice in themselves, and the judgment is only for their parents. So, as their parents were on the day they were born, they are either believers, so they are judged by their faith, or disbelievers, so they are judged by their disbelief."  

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ حَتَّى يُعْرِبَ عَنْ نَفْسِهِ زَادَ فِيهِ غَيْرُهُ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ قَالَ الشَّافِعِيُّ فِي الْقَدِيمِ فِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْبَغْدَادِيِّ عَنْهُ قَوْلُ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا الْخَلْقَ فَجَعَلَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَا لَمْ يُفْصِحُوا بِالْقَوْلِ فَيَخْتَارُوا أَحَدَ الْقَوْلَيْنِ؛ الْإِيمَانَ أَوِ الْكُفْرَ لَا حُكْمَ لَهُمْ فِي أَنْفُسِهِمْ إِنَّمَا الْحُكْمُ لَهُمْ بِآبَائِهِمْ فَمَا كَانَ آبَاؤُهُمْ يَوْمَ يُولَدُونَ فَهُوَ بِحَالِهِ إِمَّا مُؤْمِنٌ فَعَلَى إِيمَانِهِ أَوْ كَافِرٌ فَعَلَى كُفْرِهِ  

In our opinion it means that covenant which Allah had taken in the loins of their fathers when He said : “Am I not your Lord? They said: Yes. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 4716)   

سَمِعْتُ حَمَّادَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ يُفَسِّرُ حَدِيثَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ قَالَ هَذَا عِنْدَنَا حَيْثُ أَخَذَ اللهُ ﷻ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَهْدَ فِي أَصْلَابِ آبَائِهِمْ حَيْثُ قَالَ {أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا بَلَى} [الأعراف 172]  

[Machine] That the messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Every child is born on the Fitrah (natural inclination towards Islam), then his parents make him Jewish, Christian or Magian." Al-Awza'i said: "They do not remove him from the knowledge of Allah, and they will ultimately return to the knowledge of Allah."  

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ وَيُمَجِّسَانِهِ قَالَ الْأَوْزَاعِيُّ لَا يُخْرِجَانِهِ مِنْ عِلْمِ اللهِ وَإِلَى عِلْمِ اللهِ يَصِيرُونَ