Hazrat Aswad bin Sari’ (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: What is the matter with people that they have gone to extremes in killing, to the extent that they have even killed children?! At this, a man from the people said: But they are the children of the polytheists. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Are not the best among you from the children of the polytheists?! Indeed, no child is born except upon the natural disposition of Islam, until when he becomes mature, he expresses what is within himself, or his parents make him a Jew or a Christian.