If a child is born on the fitrah (the innate natural disposition), lives and dies upon it, but does not know Islam?

Question:
The Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, says: If a child is born on the fitrah, then lives and dies upon it, but nothing about Islam reaches him, and he dies in that state.

Answer:
No, the fitrah alone is not sufficient. However, the fitrah is fertile soil, fertile soil for planting. The fitrah alone is not sufficient; the sending of the messengers and the revelation of the books are necessary. But the sound fitrah accepts this, rejoices in it, and it is compatible with it. Otherwise, it alone is not sufficient. Therefore, Allah sent the messengers and revealed the books. If the fitrah were sufficient, Allah would not have revealed the books and sent the messengers. But the fitrah is suitable for accepting the truth; it rejoices in the truth with its sound nature, and knowledge and righteous deeds grow in it. This is unlike the deviant, corrupt fitrah, which does not accept the truth but only seeks falsehood, because it is ruined, like barren land that does not grow. Barren land does not grow because it is corrupt soil. Likewise, the deviant fitrah is corrupt soil. Yes.