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سنن ابي داود
Abu Dawud
كتاب السنة
Model Behavior of the Prophet (Kitab Al-Sunnah)
باب فِي ذَرَارِيِّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
Chapter: The Offspring Of Polytheists.
Sunan Abu Dawud 4716 — The Offspring Of Polytheists
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ حَمَّادَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ يُفَسِّرُ حَدِيثَ كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ ، قَالَ : " هَذَا عِنْدَنَا حَيْثُ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَهْدَ فِي أَصْلَابِ آبَائِهِمْ حَيْثُ ، قَالَ : أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا بَلَى سورة الأعراف آية 172 " .
Explaining the tradition “Every child is a born on Islam”, Hammad bin Salamah said: 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.
Brief Explanation
1؎: The interpretation of being born upon the fitrah of Islam is explained in this way: since, according to the divine covenant (mithaq ilahi), everyone affirmed the oneness of Allah, therefore, each person is born upon that affirmation. Later, people make him a Jew, Christian, Magian, or polytheist.
