396 — Al-Firyābī informed us, saying: Qutaybah ibn Sa'īd narrated to us, from Mālik ibn Anas, from Abū al-Zinād, from al-A'raj, from Abū Hurayrah, that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said: “Every newborn is born upon the natural disposition, but his parents make him a Jew or a Christian.” They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, what about one who dies while still young?” He replied, “Allah knows best what they would have done.”