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Salaam! is it true that all new born babies are muslim from the time of previous prophets untill the time of Prophet Mohammad S.W.S.

asked May 29 '12 at 02:15 elmseeker 811 elmseeker's gravatar image
edited May 29 '12 at 21:03 Al Ummat ♦ 01566 Al%20Ummat's gravatar image

Salam, Rasulallah said that every new born child is born on Fitra, then he is affected by his parents' religion... There are some scholars who said that new born children are definitly muslims as they said being muslim is the meaning of Fitra. On the other hand, most scholars said that Fitra means born with a pure heart that is ready to accept the truth and right beliefs. They said that every child would be a muslim unless there isn't bad influence while growing.... Also, some scholars said that nonmuslim dead baby, his destiny is known by what would he do if he didn't die (Allah knows his destiny).. And some scholars said that nonmuslim dead baby is in the hell according to their parents.. And some scholars(the true opinion) said that muslims and nonmuslims dead babies are in the heaven. Allah knows best

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answered May 29 '12 at 04:23 lumisho ♦ 81321 lumisho's gravatar image
edited May 29 '12 at 08:05

Wa Alaikum.. Bro,Prophet Muhammad {P.b.u.h} Said: Every baby is Born as a Muslim,it is his/her Parents who makes them jew,christian,etc.. Hope the Answer of The Question.

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answered May 29 '12 at 21:50 Ubi ♦ 1.2k417 Ubi's gravatar image

Babies are atheists- they are without beliefs, it is their parents/guardians and the environment to into which they are born that dictate what bronze-age fairy tales they will adopt.

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answered Jan 20 at 05:28 Sus domesticus 10 Sus%20domesticus's gravatar image

If babies are born muslim, then the spirit is Christians. And when the spirit is Christianity then the body is the same, so you can not go around saying these stupid things... Or then Christians have to say the spirit and the babies is christians to say against... This is just stupid, the spirit is Christian and that makes the body the same...

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answered Jan 20 at 18:05 Only (suspended) Only's gravatar image

@ Only Here is the answer for your question.

First of all, Muslim means "a person who submits to the will of God" .And all the babies when born, they have not committed any sin and GOD doesn't create any one as a non-believer, GOD doesn't create any one a sinner. Following is the detail why every new born is born as a Muslim.

The Prophet Muhammad said, "No babe is born but upon Fitra (as a Muslim). It is his parents who make him a Jew or a Christian or a Polytheist." (Sahih Muslim, Book 033, Number 6426)

Islam is the religion of all Prophets, Adam to Muhammad. Children are not born out of any sin, original, inherited or derived. They are born on the religion of their nature, i.e., Islam.

The question which arises here is, "How can all people be expected to believe in Allah given their varying- backgrounds, societies and cultures? For people to be responsible for worshipping Allah they all have to have access to knowledge of Allah. The final revelation teaches that all mankind have the recognition of Allah imprinted on their souls, a part of their very nature with which they are created.

In Soorah Al-A'raaf, Verses 172-173; Allah explained that when He created Adam, He caused all of Adam's descendants to come into existence and took a pledge from them saying, Am I not your Lord? To which they all replied, " Yes, we testify to It:'

Allah then explained why He had all of mankind bear witness that He is their creator and only true God worthy of worship. He said, "That was In case you (mankind) should say on the day of Resurrection, "Verily we were unaware of all this." That is to say, we had no idea that You Allah, were our God. No one told us that we were only supposed to worship You alone. Allah went on to explain That it was also In case you should say, "Certainly It was our ancestors who made partners (With Allah) and we are only their descendants; will You then destroy us for what those liars did?" Thus, every child is born with a natural belief in Allah and an inborn inclination to worship Him alone called in Arabic the "Fitrah".

If the child were left alone, he would worship Allah in his own way, but all children are affected by those things around them, seen or unseen.

The Prophet (PBUH) reported that Allah said, "I created my servants in the right religion but devils made them go astray". The Prophet (PBUH) also said, "Each child is born in a state of "Fitrah", then his parents make him a Jew, Christian or a Zoroastrian, the way an animal gives birth to a normal offspring. Have you noticed any that were born mutilated?" (Collected by Al-Bukhaaree and Muslim).

So, just as the child submits to the physical laws which Allah has put in nature, his soul also submits naturally to the fact that Allah is his Lord and Creator. But, his parents try to make him follow their own way and the child is not strong enough in the early stages of his life to resist or oppose the will of his parents. The religion which the child follows at this stage is one of custom and upbringing and Allah does not hold him to account or punish him for this religion. (By Abu Ameena Bilal Phillips )

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answered Jan 21 at 04:56 believer ♦ 1.2k16 believer's gravatar image

But the spirit is Christian and therefor the body is Christian since the spirit arrives before it is born...

(Jan 21 at 17:00) Only Only's gravatar image

Even Jesus Christ was a Muslim.

(Jan 22 at 06:23) believer ♦ believer's gravatar image
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