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2138. Abū Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "Every child is born upon the Millah, then his parents make him a Jew, a Christian, or an idolater." It was said: "O Messenger of Allāh! What about those who die before that?" He said: "Allāh knows best what they would have done." (Ṣāḥih)
(Another chain) with similar in meaning, and he ﷺ said: "Born upon the Fitrah."
Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan Ṣaḥīḥ.
It has been reported by Shu'bah and others from Al-A'mash, from Abū Ṣāliḥ, from Abū Hurairah from the Prophet ﷺ that he said: "Born upon the Fitrah." [And there is a narration on this topic from Al-Aswad bin Sarī].
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[1] He cited this quote because Yahya bin Sa'eed is one of the narrators of the second chain.
Commentary
Even if a child dies before attaining the age of maturity, reason and impressionability, Allāh knows perfectly well as to how he would behave if he were to live longer. But since he died before attaining the age of discerning right from wrong, it will be construed that he died on the upright nature i.e., Islam, and shall be admitted to Paradise. (Tuhfat Al-Ahwadhi, v.3, pp.197-198)
