حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَمَّادَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ يُفَسِّرُ حَدِيثَ کُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَی الْفِطْرَةِ قَالَ هَذَا عِنْدَنَا حَيْثُ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ الْعَهْدَ فِي أَصْلَابِ آبَائِهِمْ حَيْثُ قَالَ أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّکُمْ قَالُوا بَلَی
سنن ابودوٗد · Hadith 4716
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.
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020