Sayyiduna Aswad bin Sari’ (may Allah be pleased with him), who was a member of the tribe of Banu Sa’d and was the first to begin delivering sermons in the central mosque, narrates: He says, I participated in four battles with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). On one occasion, after the Muslims had killed the fighting opponents, they also killed their small children. But when this matter reached the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), he said: What is wrong with these people that they first killed the fighters and then also killed their children? A man said: O Messenger of Allah! Are they not also the children of those polytheists? The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The best among you are the sons of polytheists. The fact is that every soul, when it is born, is born upon the natural religion and remains upon it until its tongue begins to explain on its behalf; then its parents make it a Jew or a Christian. Hasan recited the last words in a low voice.