Hammām, who narrated from Abū Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said:

“Every child is born upon this natural disposition. Then his parents make him a Jew or a Christian, just as when you breed camels: do you find any among them that is mutilated before you mutilate them yourselves?”

They asked, “O Messenger of Allah, what about those who die young?” He replied, “Allah knows best what they would have done.”

Al-Bukhārī narrated through Shuʿayb ibn Abī Hamzah, from al-Zuhrī, who said: “We offer the funeral prayer for every newborn who dies, even if born out of wedlock, because