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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب اللقطة
Book of Lost Property
باب: الولد يتبع أبويه في الكفر، فإذا أسلم أحدهما تبعه الولد في الإسلام
Chapter: A child follows his parents in disbelief, and if one of them accepts Islam the child follows him in Islam
Bayhaqi 12143 — A child follows his parents in disbelief, and if one
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، أنبأ أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ، أنبأ أَبُو الْمُثَنَّى، ثنا مُسَدَّدٌ، ثنا يَزِيدُ بْنُ زُرَيْعٍ، عَنْ يُونُسَ، عَنِ الْحَسَنِ، عَنِ الْأَسْوَدِ بْنِ سَرِيعٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ 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 صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ اللهُ عَلَيْهَا الْخَلْقَ "، فَجَعَلَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ 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.
It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Aswad bin Sari' (may Allah be pleased with him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Every child is born upon the fitrah (natural disposition) until he expresses himself. His parents make him a Jew or a Christian."
The old position of Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) is that the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Every child is born upon the fitrah upon which Allah Almighty created the creation," means that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) held that, as long as they have not expressed themselves in speech and chosen one of the two positions, faith or disbelief, they have no ruling of their own; their ruling follows that of their fathers. So whatever their fathers were on the day they were born, that is their state: if a believer, then he is upon his faith, and if a disbeliever, then upon his disbelief.
The old position of Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) is that the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), "Every child is born upon the fitrah upon which Allah Almighty created the creation," means that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) held that, as long as they have not expressed themselves in speech and chosen one of the two positions, faith or disbelief, they have no ruling of their own; their ruling follows that of their fathers. So whatever their fathers were on the day they were born, that is their state: if a believer, then he is upon his faith, and if a disbeliever, then upon his disbelief.
