Parents-Fitra

“Bismillahir Rahmannir Raheem”Al-Hamdu Lillaahi Rabbil ‘Aalameen was Salaatu was- Salaamu ‘Alaa Sayidinaa Muhammadin wa Aalihi wa Asabihi Ajma ‘een (tauheed- risalat- ahkirat and islam-iman-ihsan)

The Parents of Holy Prophet ﷺ are Mu’mins

 The opinions of the scholars can be divided into three camps.

Camp One-This camp states that the parents belonged to the period of Fitra (nature). The closest Prophet prior to this period was Isa ,who appeared six hundred years before our Prophet (ﷺ). During this period, the divine scripture revealed to Isa had become subject to alterations and changes. Isa was only sent for the guidance of Bani Israel, not for people universally. Isa did not preach the people of Arabia, and nor did his disciples. In light of these facts, the saying of Allah is applicable to such people of Fitra;‘And We do not torment until We send a Messenger.’(17/15)

Allama Ali ibn Burhan al-Din writes in See’rah Halbiyya That:‘Allama Ibn Hajr al-Haithami has mentioned that the correct opinion in which there is no doubt is that the people of Fitra are recipients of salvation….…(Seerah Halbiyya. Imam Muhammad Abu Zuhra, vol. I, p. 103).

‘And never will your Lord destroy the towns (populations) until He sends to their mother town a Messenger reciting to them Our Verses’ (28/59)

a. The first are those beings who through their own enlightened insight were able to deduce the oneness of Allah, like Qus ibn Sa’ida, Zaid ibn Amr ibn Nawfal and some of the kings of the community of Tubba.
b. The second are those who diverted from the religion of Ibrahim and began worshipping idols. They forced this misguided belief onto others too, like Amr ibn Lahy.(people of fire)

c. The third are those who through their lack of knowledge and disregard refrained from accepting other beliefs and remained firm on monotheism. They did not indulge in polytheism and idol-worship. These are the people who fall under the verse ‘And We do not torment until We send a Messenger.’

Regarding the faith of the Prophet’s parents, one position is that they belong to the people of Fitra. No prophet was sent to them from the time of Ismail up until the official announcement of Prophet-hood from Muhammad (ﷺ), nor did they perform any act associated with disbelief.,

Camp Two-The second camp of scholars state that the parents of the Prophet (ﷺ) never committed disbelief and polytheism. Throughout their lives, they remained firm on the religion of their forefather Ibrahim (ﷺ), were known for noble moral qualities and they had unshaken belief in Allah’s oneness and in the Day of Judgement. ,

Imam Fakr al-Din Razi writes, ‘Verily the fathers of the prophets were not disbelievers, because of the saying of Allah ‘He is the One who sees you when you stand; and when you were transferred in the loins of the prostrating ones.’ It is said the meaning is that his Nur transferred from one prostrating one to the next, proving that all the fathers of Muhammad (ﷺ) were Muslims.’ (Seerah Halbiyya. Imam Muhammad Abu Zuhra, vol. I, p. 103).

(Tabrani in Awsat, Baihaqi in Dala’il) from Aisha (ra) that the Prophet (ﷺ) said ‘Jibrael (ﷺ) said to me, ‘I have searched the earth, the easts and the wests. And I did not find a man better than Muhammad (ﷺ), and I did not find a clan better than the clan of Bani Hashim.’

After citing the above narration, Allama Suyuti includes the saying of Imam Ibn Hajar,
‘Imam Ibn Hajar said, ‘And it is known that being the best, being the chosen and preferred comes from Allah. And in the eyes of Allah, being the best cannot occur with Shirk (polytheism).’

Superiority can only be achieved when they believe in Allah and their belief is not tarnished with polytheism.

When I want to talk to allah I say prayers and when I want that he talk to me I recite quran- Hazrath Ali(ra)

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