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**Les Allen** · 06-07-2012, 04:01 PM

Assalamu Alaikum,

I was speaking to a Mufti Saheb today and he clarified an important point. It has to do with the hadith "Every child is born upon Fitrah"

In the video Shaykh Riyadh explains that "fitra" doesn't mean Islam, rather it means that "the natural state of every human being is one of clarity, purity; of being in a pristine form; of being unpolluted, unadulterated by external factors. And that natural state is conducive to a person embracing Islam"

And this is from Imam Abu Hanifa's Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar (I think this is the book he quoted, please correct me if I have mentioned the wrong book)

http://www.halaltube.com/abu-yusuf-r...s-of-the-quran

The reasoning that the Mufti Saheb gave:
The use of word "revert" would mean that the child was forced by Allah to be born as Muslim, but that is not true. Allah has created all humans as having free will to choose their religion.

Just thought that this was an important point and highly misunderstood by us. So sharing it here.

One point to be noted is that the opinion of the majority of the Salaf was that every child was born Muslim and that fitrah meant Islam. There are reasons to prefer the second opinion over the first but that opinion cannot be derided or considered wrong.

06-07-2012, 04:01 PM	#5
Les Allen Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 407 Senior Member	Assalamu Alaikum, I was speaking to a Mufti Saheb today and he clarified an important point. It has to do with the hadith "Every child is born upon Fitrah" In the video Shaykh Riyadh explains that "fitra" doesn't mean Islam, rather it means that "the natural state of every human being is one of clarity, purity; of being in a pristine form; of being unpolluted, unadulterated by external factors. And that natural state is conducive to a person embracing Islam" And this is from Imam Abu Hanifa's Al-Fiqh Al-Akbar (I think this is the book he quoted, please correct me if I have mentioned the wrong book) http://www.halaltube.com/abu-yusuf-r...s-of-the-quran The reasoning that the Mufti Saheb gave: The use of word "revert" would mean that the child was forced by Allah to be born as Muslim, but that is not true. Allah has created all humans as having free will to choose their religion. Just thought that this was an important point and highly misunderstood by us. So sharing it here. One point to be noted is that the opinion of the majority of the Salaf was that every child was born Muslim and that fitrah meant Islam. There are reasons to prefer the second opinion over the first but that opinion cannot be derided or considered wrong.
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