The article focuses on a hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) which explains that fitrah (pure nature) can discriminate between what is good and what is evil.
Fitrah and al-Islam. Every child is born into an innate state of purity (fitrah) that facilitates his acceptance of Islam as a religion when he matures. The deen is a conscious choice. The child is only a "Muslim" in the sense that he has not willfully disobeyed Allah (subhana-hu wa ta 'ala) due to the lack of reaching his intellectual The fitrah of something is its nature, instinct, constitution, or disposition. The triliteral root that fitrah derives from— فطر —means to split (and by extension, to emerge). Thus, breaking one's fast is called fitr because the mouth is opened for food. Fitra or fitrah ( Arabic: فطرة; ALA-LC: fiṭrah) is an Arabic word that means 'original disposition', 'natural constitution' or 'innate nature'. In Islam, fitra is the innate human nature that recognizes the oneness of God ( tawhid ). It may entail either the state of purity and innocence in which Muslims believe all humans to be born, or 1. The Linguistic Meaning of Fitrah 'Every new-born child is born in a state of fitrah. Then his parents make him a Jew, 2. The Religious Meaning of Fitrah In the context of the hadith, according to Abû Haytham, fitrah means to be born 3. Fitrah and Human Responsibility …Man is distinguished . 220 442 20 108 195 16 442 26