{"_id":"6af241731726f142c7bf4b24","title":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Were the parents of the Prophet ﷺ among Ahl al-Fatrah?\"}]}]}}","question":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"In ʿIqd al-Zabarjad al-Naḍīd Sharḥ Jawharat al-Tawḥīd, Shaykh Hasan ibn Ali al-Saqqaf argues that the parents of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ were among Ahl al-Fatrah (those who lived during a period in which no prophetic message reached them).\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"He also argues that Imam al-Nawawi erred in his commentary on Ṣaḥīḥ Muslim, where he states:\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillBlock\":{\"align\":\"right\"},\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"italic\"}],\"text\":\"وفيه أن من مات في الفترة على ما كانت عليه العرب من عبادة الأوثان فهو من أهل النار وليس هذا مؤاخذة قبل بلوغ الدعوة فإن هؤلاء كانت قد بلغتهم دعوة ابراهيم وغيره من الأنبياء صلوات الله تعالى وسلامه عليهم\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"Is this a valid scholarly difference of opinion regarding who qualifies as Ahl al-Fatrah, or is Shaykh al-Saqqaf's position the correct one?\"}]}]}}","answer":"{\"format\":\"prosemirror\",\"schemaVersion\":1,\"doc\":{\"type\":\"doc\",\"content\":[{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The majority Sunni view is that those who lived during a fatrah, a period in which no prophetic message reached them, are not held accountable for disbelief until a message reaches them. This is based on the Quranic verse: \"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"\\\"And We would never punish until We had sent a messenger.\\\" \"},{\"type\":\"text\",\"marks\":[{\"type\":\"link\",\"attrs\":{\"href\":\"https://quran.com/17/15\",\"target\":null,\"rel\":null}},{\"type\":\"bold\"}],\"text\":\"[17:15]\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"The difference of opinion in the passage you referenced is over what kind of message must reach people before they can be held accountable: the message of the prophet sent specifically to them, or the message of any prophet. The stronger opinion is that it must be the message of the prophet or messenger sent to them specifically. Based on that, the Arabs would be considered ahl al-fatrah. Imam Nawawi, however, holds that the message need not be the one sent specifically to them, which would mean the Arabs were not from ahl al-fatrah. This is the scholarly disagreement you cited.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"In line with the stronger opinion, the parents of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ were from ahl al-fatrah.\"}]},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null}},{\"type\":\"paragraph\",\"attrs\":{\"quillTerminated\":true,\"direction\":null},\"content\":[{\"type\":\"text\",\"text\":\"That said, if you are a student of knowledge, you should be studying under a shaykh, and no Sunni shaykh would allow his students to read the works of Hasan al-Saqqaf.\"}]}]}}","tags":[{"_id":"668d9feb0b76658b4c23290a","tag":"Seerah: Lineage of the Prophet","count":6}],"createdOn":"2026-11-09T21:56:03.506Z"}