4. Book of Faith
٤۔ كِتَابُ الْإِيمَانِ
[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»
ذِكْرُ إِثْبَاتِ الْأَلِفِ بَيْنَ الْأَشْيَاءِ الثَّلَاثَةِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا
[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»
ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُدْحِضِ قَوْلَ مَنْ زَعَمَ أَنَّ هَذَا الْخَبَرَ، تَفَرَّدَ بِهِ حُمَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ
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}
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ يُوهِمُ عَالِمًا مِنَ النَّاسِ أَنَّهُ مُضَادُّ لِلْخَبَرَيْنِ اللَّذَيْنِ ذَكَرْنَاهُمَا قَبْلُ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about the offspring of the pagans. He said, "Allah knows what they would have done (were they to live)." (Using translation from Bukhārī 6598)
أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ سُئِلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عَنْ ذَرَارِيِّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ فَقَالَ «اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ»
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْكِمْ صِنَاعَةَ الْحَدِيثِ أَنَّهُ مُضَادُّ لِخَبَرِ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ الَّذِي ذَكَرْنَاهُ
[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»
ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُصَرِّحَ: بِأَنَّ قَوْلَهُ ﷺ «اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ» كَانَ بَعْدَ قَوْلِهِ «كُلُّ 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)
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ كَمَا تُنَاتَجُ الْإِبِلُ مِنْ بَهِيمَةٍ جَمْعَاءَ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ»؟ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتَ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ قَالَ «اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ»
ذِكْرُ الْعِلَّةِ الَّتِي مِنْ أَجْلِهَا قَالَ ﷺ «أَوَلَيْسَ خِيَارَكُمْ أَوْلَادُ الْمُشْرِكِينَ»
[Machine] I heard Abu Al-Qasim ﷺ say, "Our Lord wonders at a group of people who are dragged to Paradise in chains."
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْقَاسِمِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «عَجِبَ رَبُّنَا مِنْ أَقْوَامٍ يُقَادُونَ إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ فِي السَّلَاسِلِ»
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْسِنْ طَلَبَ الْعِلْمِ مِنْ مَظَانِّهِ، أَنَّهُ مُضَادُّ لِلْأَخْبَارِ الَّتِي تَقَدَّمَ ذِكْرُنَا لَهَا
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ saw a dead woman in one of his expeditions and expressed disapproval of it, prohibiting the killing of women and children.
أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ «رَأَى فِي بَعْضِ مَغَازِيهِ امْرَأَةً مَقْتُولَةً فَأَنْكَرَ ذَلِكَ وَنَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِ النِّسَاءِ وَالصِّبْيَانِ»
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ أَوْهَمَ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْكِمْ صِنَاعَةَ الْحَدِيثِ، أَنَّهُ مُضَادُّ لِلْأَخْبَارِ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا قَبْلُ
[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me while I was in Al-Abwa or Waddan, so I presented to him the meat of a wild donkey. He returned it to me when he saw dislike in my face, saying, "It is not permissible for us, but it is for them." The Prophet ﷺ was asked about staying overnight in a polytheist's house where their women and children are present, and he said, "They are from them." I also heard him say, "There is no protection except for Allah and His Messenger."
مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا بِالْأَبْوَاءِ أَوْ بِوَدَّانَ فَأَهْدَيْتُ إِلَيْهِ لَحْمَ حِمَارٍ وَحْشٍ فَرَدَّهُ عَلَيَّ فَلَمَّا رَأَى الْكَرَاهِيَةَ فِي وَجْهِي قَالَ «إِنَّهُ لَيْسَ بِنَا رَدٌّ عَلَيْكَ وَلَكِنَّا حُرُمٌ» وَسُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ عَنِ الدَّارِ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ يُبَيَّتُونَ فَيُصَابُ مِنْ نِسَائِهِمْ وَذَرَارِيِّهِمْ قَالَ «هُمْ مِنْهُمْ» قَالَ وَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «لَا حِمَى إِلَّا لِلَّهِ وَرَسُولِهِ»
ذِكْرُ الْخَبَرِ الْمُصَرِّحِ: بِأَنَّ نَهْيَهُ ﷺ عَنْ قَتْلِ الذَّرَارِيِّ مِنَ الْمُشْرِكِينَ كَانَ بَعْدَ قَوْلِهِ ﷺ «هُمْ مِنْهُمْ»
[Machine] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, "There is no protection except for Allah and His Messenger." I asked him, "Should we kill the children of polytheists alongside them?" He replied, "Yes, as they are from them." Then he forbade killing them on the day of Hunayn.
سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا حِمَى إِلَّا لِلَّهِ وَلِرَسُولِهِ» وَسَأَلْتُهُ عَنْ أَوْلَادِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ أَنَقْتُلُهُمْ مَعَهُمْ؟ قَالَ «نَعَمْ فَإِنَّهُمْ مِنْهُمْ» ثُمَّ نَهَى عَنْ قَتْلِهِمْ يَوْمَ حُنَيْنٍ
ذِكْرُ خَبَرٍ قَدْ أَوْهَمَ مَنْ أَغْضَى عَنْ عِلْمِ السُّنَنِ، وَاشْتَغَلَ بِضِدِّهَا، أَنَّهُ يُضَادُّ الْأَخْبَارَ الَّتِي ذَكَرْنَاهَا قَبْلُ
There is happiness for this child who is a bird from amongst the birds of Paradise. Thereupon Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Don't you know that Allah created the Paradise and He created the Hell and He created the dwellers for this (Paradise) and the denizens for this (Hell)? (Using translation from Muslim 2662b)
تُوُفِّيَ صَبِيٌّ فَقُلْتُ طُوبَى لَهُ عُصْفُورٌ مِنْ عَصَافِيرِ الْجَنَّةِ فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «أَوَلَا تَدْرِينَ أَنَّ اللَّهَ خَلَقَ الْجَنَّةَ وَخَلَقَ النَّارَ فَخَلَقَ لِهَذِهِ أَهْلًا وَلِهَذِهِ أَهْلًا»