Reconciling the Hadith “All of You Are Lost” with the Hadith of Fitrah

Question:
Honorable Shaykh, how do you reconcile the saying of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him), in which he reported from his Lord the Exalted: , with his saying (peace and blessings be upon him): ?

Answer:
There is no contradiction between the statement of the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him): . His statement (peace and blessings be upon him), in what he narrated from his Lord, “O ,” is because fitrah (the innate natural disposition) means the capacity to accept the truth. It is suitable for accepting the truth, like good soil that is suitable for planting and sowing. However, it is not sufficient without the Shari'ah (Islamic sacred law); the Shari'ah is necessary. If the fitrah were sufficient without the Shari'ah, we would not need the Books or the Messengers. If Allah had not sent down the Books and dispatched the Messengers to clarify the truth, we would not have known it.
The fitrah alone is not sufficient, but the fitrah is suitable; it is suitable for accepting the truth when it is clarified to it and placed in a position to accept it, before it becomes corrupted. If it becomes corrupted, it does not accept the truth. Therefore, there is no contradiction between them. The answer is not given except through the Shari'ah of Allah the Mighty and Majestic, and the Messengers are sent. As for the fitrah, its meaning is the capacity to accept the truth. When the truth comes to it, it accepts it and finds rest in what? Yes.