What is the ruling on the children of polytheists?
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The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. What is the stronger position regarding the ruling on...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh. What is the stronger position regarding the ruling on the children of polytheists in the Hereafter?
The Shaykh : Good. And in this world? What do you have regarding this world, and what are their rulings?
The questioner : In this world...
The Shaykh : Good. The children of polytheists who do not distinguish between right and wrong have the same ruling in this world as their parents if they are polytheists, meaning that we do not wash them, we do not shroud them, we do not pray over them, and we do not bury them with the Muslims. If one of the child's parents is a Muslim, then what is the case? He is a Muslim, he is a Muslim.
And as for the Hereafter, the correct view is that their knowledge is with Allah, and that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will test them on the Day of Resurrection with whatever He wills. Whoever obeys will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys will enter the Fire. I will give you a benefit: the child, with respect to his parents, follows whom?
The student: His father.
The Shaykh : No, with respect to his parents in religion?
The student: The best of them.
The Shaykh : He follows the best of them. If the mother is a Muslim, he is a Muslim, and if the father is a Muslim, he is a Muslim.
In lineage, he follows the father.
In freedom and slavery? He follows his mother. That is to say, if a free man marries a slave woman, his children are slaves owned by the mother's master.
Good. In purity and impurity, and in what is lawful and what is forbidden? He follows the worst of them. So if a donkey mounts a female horse and she gives birth to a foal, the foal is impure and forbidden. So how many rules are there now? Four. In religion, he follows? The brother?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Good. And in lineage, he follows? The brother?
The student: The father.
The Shaykh : The father. And in freedom?
The student: The mother.
The Shaykh : The mother. And in purity and impurity, and in what is lawful and what is forbidden, the worst of them.
The student: Shaykh, the last one.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: The last one.
The Shaykh : The last one. I gave you an example: if a donkey mounts a mare and she gives birth, what she bears is forbidden and impure, like its father, which is the donkey. Yes...
The Shaykh : Huh?
The questioner : Yes, O Shaykh. What is the stronger position regarding the ruling on the children of polytheists in the Hereafter?
The Shaykh : Good. And in this world? What do you have regarding this world, and what are their rulings?
The questioner : In this world...
The Shaykh : Good. The children of polytheists who do not distinguish between right and wrong have the same ruling in this world as their parents if they are polytheists, meaning that we do not wash them, we do not shroud them, we do not pray over them, and we do not bury them with the Muslims. If one of the child's parents is a Muslim, then what is the case? He is a Muslim, he is a Muslim.
And as for the Hereafter, the correct view is that their knowledge is with Allah, and that Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will test them on the Day of Resurrection with whatever He wills. Whoever obeys will enter Paradise, and whoever disobeys will enter the Fire. I will give you a benefit: the child, with respect to his parents, follows whom?
The student: His father.
The Shaykh : No, with respect to his parents in religion?
The student: The best of them.
The Shaykh : He follows the best of them. If the mother is a Muslim, he is a Muslim, and if the father is a Muslim, he is a Muslim.
In lineage, he follows the father.
Call them by their fathers
ادعوهم لآبائهمIn freedom and slavery? He follows his mother. That is to say, if a free man marries a slave woman, his children are slaves owned by the mother's master.
Good. In purity and impurity, and in what is lawful and what is forbidden? He follows the worst of them. So if a donkey mounts a female horse and she gives birth to a foal, the foal is impure and forbidden. So how many rules are there now? Four. In religion, he follows? The brother?
The student: ...
The Shaykh : Good. And in lineage, he follows? The brother?
The student: The father.
The Shaykh : The father. And in freedom?
The student: The mother.
The Shaykh : The mother. And in purity and impurity, and in what is lawful and what is forbidden, the worst of them.
The student: Shaykh, the last one.
The Shaykh : Yes
The student: The last one.
The Shaykh : The last one. I gave you an example: if a donkey mounts a mare and she gives birth, what she bears is forbidden and impure, like its father, which is the donkey. Yes...