'Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) 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 Allah! What about those who die before that?" He said: "Allah knows best what they would have done." [Another chain) with similar in meaning, and he said: "Born upon the Fiirah."

‘With this chain also,’ a similar hadith is narrated from Abu Hurairah, may Allah be pleased with him, (but) in it, instead of «يولد على الملة» , the words are «الفطرة» “is born upon the nature of Islam.” Imam Tirmidhi says:
1- This hadith is hasan sahih,
2- It has also been narrated by Shu’bah and others with the chain of «عن الأعمش عن أبي صالح عن أبي هريرة عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم» , and in that narration also are the words of «يولد على الفطرة» ,
3- In this chapter, it is also narrated from Aswad bin Sari’, may Allah be pleased with him.