The Religion of the Polytheists Before the Mission of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)

Question:
The issue of Shaykh Muhammad ibn 'Umar: What was the religion that the polytheists were required to adhere to, Islam, and due to their abandonment of it, they suffered misery before the mission of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)? And did that religion have a call or not?

Answer:
The Arab polytheists were upon a religion before shirk (associating partners with Allah) occurred in the Arabian Peninsula. They were upon the religion of Isma'il (peace be upon him), and the religion of Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon them both), which is al-Hanif. Shirk only occurred after 'Amr ibn Lu'ay al-Khuza'i appeared among them, who brought the idols to them and ordered them to worship them. So they were upon the religion of Ibrahim (peace and blessings be upon him); this was their state in the Hijaz and the lands of the Arabs. Some of them followed the Christian religion, and some of them followed the Jewish religion. Yes.