حَدَّثَنَا الْقَعْنَبِيُّ عَنْ مَالِکٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنْ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَی الْفِطْرَةِ فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ وَيُنَصِّرَانِهِ کَمَا تَنَاتَجُ الْإِبِلُ مِنْ بَهِيمَةٍ جَمْعَائَ هَلْ تُحِسُّ مِنْ جَدْعَائَ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَفَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا کَانُوا عَامِلِينَ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُد قُرِئَ عَلَی الْحَارِثِ بْنِ مِسْکِينٍ وَأَنَا أَسْمَعُ أَخْبَرَکَ يُوسُفُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مَالِکًا قِيلَ لَهُ إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْأَهْوَائِ يَحْتَجُّونَ عَلَيْنَا بِهَذَا الْحَدِيثِ قَالَ مَالِکٌ احْتَجَّ عَلَيْهِمْ بِآخِرِهِ قَالُوا أَرَأَيْتَ مَنْ يَمُوتُ وَهُوَ صَغِيرٌ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا کَانُوا عَامِلِينَ
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4714
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah ﷺ as saying: 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.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020