Hadith 27860

Chapter 18

باب 18

(18) باب فِي ذَرَارِيِّ الْمُشْرِكِينَ

(1694) Chapter: The Offspring Of Polytheists
121
حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ الْمِنْهَالِ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَمَّادَ بْنَ سَلَمَةَ، يُفَسِّرُ حَدِيثَ " كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ " . قَالَ هَذَا عِنْدَنَا حَيْثُ أَخَذَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْعَهْدَ فِي أَصْلاَبِ آبَائِهِمْ حَيْثُ قَالَ { أَلَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ قَالُوا بَلَى } .

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.

Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4716

In-book reference: Book 42, Hadith 121

English translation: Book 41, Hadith 4698