The Second Hadith from Abu Hurayrah

He said that the Messenger of Allah said:

« كُلُّ مَوْلُودٍ يُولَدُ عَلَى الْفِطْرَةِ، فَأَبَوَاهُ يُهَوِّدَانِهِ أَوْ يُنَصِّرَانِهِ أَوْ يُمَجِّسَانِهِ، كَمَا تُنْتِجُ الْبَهِيمَةُ بَهِيمَةً جَمْعَاءَ، هَلْ تُحِسُّونَ فِيهَا مِنْ جَدْعَاءَ؟ »

(Every newborn is born in a state of Fitrah (the natural state of man), then his parents make him into a Jew or Christian or Zoroastrian, as animals produce whole animals - do you see any that is born mutilated (with something missing)) According to one report they said: "O Messenger of Allah, what about those who die when they are little'' He said,

« اللهُ أَعْلَمُ بِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِين »

(Allah knows best what they would have done.) Imam Ahmad reported from Abu Hurayrah that the Prophet) as far as I know - the narrator was not sure if it was attributed to Musa - said:

« ذَرَارِيُّ الْمُسْلِمِينَ فِي الْجَنَّةِ يَكْفُلُهُمْ إِبْرَاهِيمُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَام »

(The children of the Muslims are in Paradise, being taken care of by Ibrahim.) In Sahih Muslim it is reported from `Iyyad bin Hammad that the Messenger of Allah said that Allah said:

« إِنِّي خَلَقْتُ عِبَادِي حُنَفَاء »

(I have created My servants as Hunafa.) According to another version, the wording is "as Muslims.''