400 — Qāsim al-Mutarriz also narrated to us, saying: Yūsuf ibn Mūsā ⦗820⦘ al-Qattān and Sufyān ibn Wakī narrated to us; they both said: Jarīr—that is, Ibn Abd al-Hamīd—narrated to us, from al-Amash, from Abū Sālih, from Abū Hurayrah, who said: The Prophet, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “Every newborn is born upon this innate natural disposition. His parents then make him a Jew, a Christian, or a polytheist.” A man asked, “O Messenger of Allah, what if he dies before that?” He replied, “Allah knows best what they would have done.” The hadith of Abū Hurayrah, may Allah be pleased with him, has been transmitted through many chains.