Reconciling the hadith "Every child is born on the fitrah" with the hadith "All of you are astray except those whom I have guided"
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: How do we reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)Sahih al-Bukhari 1385, with what is reported in the hadith Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2495Hasan (Darussalam)? And is the default state of the servants to be astray?
Answer:
The default is that a person is prepared to accept guidance, because his fitrah accepts this, as long as it is not corrupted; if it is not corrupted, it accepts guidance. It is like land suitable for farming; if it is not corrupted and no change occurs in it, it remains suitable for farming, just as the fitrah of a person remains as it is unless it is changed. Yes. And guidance is undoubtedly in the hand of Allah; so Allah enables a person to remain on his correct fitrah and accept the truth. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. The questioner says: How do we reconcile the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
Every child is born with a true faith of Islam
كل مولود يولد على الفطرةO My Slaves! All of you are astray except whom I guide,
القدسي يا عبادي كلكم ضال إلا من هديته،Answer:
The default is that a person is prepared to accept guidance, because his fitrah accepts this, as long as it is not corrupted; if it is not corrupted, it accepts guidance. It is like land suitable for farming; if it is not corrupted and no change occurs in it, it remains suitable for farming, just as the fitrah of a person remains as it is unless it is changed. Yes. And guidance is undoubtedly in the hand of Allah; so Allah enables a person to remain on his correct fitrah and accept the truth. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [3436/3151] الجمع بين حديث "كل مولود يولد على الفطرة" وحديث "كلكم ضال إلا من هديته" - صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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