(18) باب فِي ذَرَارِيِّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ
Explaining the tradition "Every child is a born on Islam", Hammad b. 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. (DE)
Reference (DE): Sunan Abi Dawud 4716 (DE)
In-book reference (DE): Book 42, Hadith 121 (DE)
English translation (DE): Book 41, Hadith 4698 (DE)