(January 17, 2013 at 11:38 am)CapnAwesome Wrote:(January 16, 2013 at 2:36 pm)ThatMuslimGuy Wrote: What does the word Islam mean? To submit to the Will of Allah.
What does Muslim mean? One who submits to the will of Allah.
Everything is a Muslim as it submits to the will of Allah apart from Humans who have a test.
So when a child is born it submits to the will of Allah.
It isn't Muslim in the sense of its religious Practice. The child is Muslim in the sense that the child submits to the physical laws which Allah has put in nature and his soul also submits naturally to the fact that Allah is his Lord and Creator.
It doesn't seem like that's what the original author meant. For one, if that's what he meant he would of just said that instead. I never understand when people give these explanations of what was really meant. Well if that was what was meant than what prevented Muhammad from just saying that? Nothing
The second reason that he meant in a religious sense is that he specifically said that it's their parents who make them Jews and Christians. This would imply that you don't need parents to make someone a Muslim, otherwise there would be no need to even bring it up. If that isn't the implication than he was just babbling pointlessly.
I reread the Hadith. The word in question is Fitra. I don't feel confident enough to comment on the topic of fitra as i may present incorrect or false knowledge.
