Exegesis of the saying of Allah the Exalted: "So set your face toward the religion, inclining to truth"
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Question:
We begin with what the brother Abdullah sent from Riyadh. He says regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:[Ar-Rum 30:30]. [Ar-Rum 30:30] He asks about the Hanifi fitrah in this verse and how the Muslim is to be in it?
Answer:
[Al-Fatihah 1:1-2], and may Allah send prayers and blessings upon our Prophet Muhammad, and upon his family and all his Companions. Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, said: [Ar-Rum 30:30] meaning: make your work sincere. "Set your face" means: make your work sincere for Allah, Mighty and Majestic. "Hanif" means: turning toward Allah and turning away from everything else. [Ar-Rum 30:30] It is in accordance with the fitrah. Praise be to Allah, the religion of Allah is the millah (way) of Ibrahim, Hanif. [Ar-Rum 30:30] So every newborn, the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Sahih al-Bukhari 1385, meaning: his parents make him a Jew, or make him a Christian, meaning: make him a Christian, or make him a Magian, meaning: make him a Zoroastrian. This is through bad upbringing, which changes the fitrah.
Bad upbringing changes the fitrah, and the fitrah is only for the religion of Islam. It is the religion of the fitrah that corresponds to the fitrah upon which Allah created people. There is no change to the creation of Allah. No one changes the creation to create a creature other than on the fitrah. No one changes a creature to create it other than on the fitrah.
Rather, the fitrah is corrupted afterwards by bad upbringing: they make him a Jew, or make him a Christian, or make him a Magian. He did not say "or make him a Muslim," because Islam is the religion of the fitrah. He is a Muslim by origin; he is a Muslim by origin. If he were not changed, he would turn to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. He would not follow the messengers; he would follow the religion of Islam. But bad upbringing deviates him from the religion of the fitrah and changes his fitrah. His parents make him a Jew, or make him a Christian, or make him a Magian. He did not say "or make him a Muslim," because he is originally on Islam. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
We begin with what the brother Abdullah sent from Riyadh. He says regarding the saying of Allah the Exalted:
So direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth.
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا[Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah. That is the correct religion, but most of the people do not know.
فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَAnswer:
(1) In the name of Allah, the Entirely Merciful, the Especially Merciful. (2) [All] praise is [due] to Allah, Lord of the worlds -
بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَٰنِ الرَّحِيمِ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَSo direct your face toward the religion
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِthe fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people
فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَاSo direct your face toward the religion, inclining to truth. [Adhere to] the fitrah of Allah upon which He has created [all] people. No change should there be in the creation of Allah.
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِEvery child is born with a true faith of Islam
كل مولود يولد على الفطرةAnd his parents make him a Jew
فأبواه يهودانهBad upbringing changes the fitrah, and the fitrah is only for the religion of Islam. It is the religion of the fitrah that corresponds to the fitrah upon which Allah created people. There is no change to the creation of Allah. No one changes the creation to create a creature other than on the fitrah. No one changes a creature to create it other than on the fitrah.
Rather, the fitrah is corrupted afterwards by bad upbringing: they make him a Jew, or make him a Christian, or make him a Magian. He did not say "or make him a Muslim," because Islam is the religion of the fitrah. He is a Muslim by origin; he is a Muslim by origin. If he were not changed, he would turn to Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He. He would not follow the messengers; he would follow the religion of Islam. But bad upbringing deviates him from the religion of the fitrah and changes his fitrah. His parents make him a Jew, or make him a Christian, or make him a Magian. He did not say "or make him a Muslim," because he is originally on Islam. Yes.
The presenter:
Yes, may Allah bless you.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، برنامج (فتاوى) (167) لمعالي الشيخ صالح الفوزان بتاريخ [1439-08-02] - كبار العلماء — youtube.com (0:51)
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