The Ruling on the Children of Polytheists and the Explanation of the Hadith of Ibrahim

The questioner:
Does he identify the worshippers behind him as a man or a woman?

The Shaykh:
He prays for him, and no one knows him. He does not need to say, "I see a man and a woman." It is not necessary to say, "O Allah, forgive him, the one present here. O Allah, forgive him and have mercy on him."

The questioner:
The child, in relation to the guardianship of Ibrahim.

The Shaykh:
That is, as came in the hadith that he was with the children of the Muslims, and they were with him , in the other narration with the children of the Muslims and the polytheists. A group of scholars argued with this that the children are in Paradise, even if they are the children of polytheists, because they are not held accountable; they did not reach maturity and died upon the fitrah (innate natural disposition). This is one of the opinions regarding the children of polytheists: that they are in Paradise. It is a strong opinion due to the hadith of Ibrahim, where the Prophet saw with him the children of the Muslims and the polytheists in Paradise, in a garden of the gardens of Paradise. The other opinion is that they will be tested on the Day of Resurrection, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)