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The witness of the scholars about natural recognition of religion.Introduction

The worship of One God and religion has been mentioned especially in the Islamic traditions though their words may be contrasting.

In some traditions the worship of Oneness has been termed natural and the companion of Imam Jafar Sadiq (AS), Ala’ bin Fazeel asked the Imam for the explanation for “This is the nature on which God has created the human beings” and the Imam said, “This refers to the nature on which God has created the human beings and made it their habit to recognize Him.’ Nature here means the oneness of God. (1)

This meaning has been related in some traditions. (2)

In some traditions all the tenets of Islam have been termed as natural. Zurara says, “I asked Imam Baqir (AS) for the explanation of the words (of Verse 30 of Surah Hajj,) “Being to true in faith to God and never assigning partners for Him.” I asked” Does the nature of people change from the nature God has created them upon?”  He said, “The nature of every child is as God has created him.”

The Messenger said: “Every child is born purely in the nature as God has created him.” (3)

Then there are other hadiths about this issue. (4)

Some traditions tell us that everything is created by God on nature.

  In one hadith The Holy Messenger has said, “Every new born child is born in Islam but their parents take him towards Judaism and Christianity.”(5)

 This tradition is present in many Sunni and Shia books and is very famous. The same topic and meaning can be seen in the traditions about the succession of Hazrat Ali (AS). (6)

There is a tradition that Abu Baseer asked Imam Baqir (AS) about the explanation of this verse and he answered, “Fitrah here means the Wilayah or succession.”

It should be remembered that there is no conflict between these traditions. In reality all the tenets of Islam has been instilled into the human psyche. Some traditions speak of certain ones and the other certain others. The naturalness of Tawhid or Oneness of God cannot be kept separate from the other tenets because God has not created mankind in vain. It is a proven fact that He has specified ways for their perfection which have reached them through His apostles. The onus of protecting the tenets after the Messenger and the Imams rests with his successors and they will be propagated and promulgated through the rule of God. The results will be evident all over the world. (7)

 In short we have many traditions about the Oneness of God and the tenets of Islam describing them as natural. To gain further information about this one should look up the following books.

1. Tafsir Burhan Vol.2 Page 46 onwards

2. Maratol A’qul Vol.7 Page 54 onwards

3. Tafsir Nurus Saqlain Vol.4 page 181

4. Tafsir Durre Manshur Vol.3 Page 142 onwards

5. Behar-ol-Anwar Vol. 3 Page 216.




(1) Behar-ol-Anwar vol.3 page 277 hadith 4
(2) Behar-ol-Anwar vol.3 page 277 hadiths 5, 6, 8 and 10.
(3) Behar-ol-Anwar Vol.3 page 279 hadith 11
(4) Behar-ol-Anwar Vol.3 page 279 hadith 12 and 13,
(5) Ghawaliol Aali Behar-ol-Anwar vol.3 page 281 hadith 22
(6) Behar-ol-Anwar vol.2 page 277,278 and 280 hadith 3, 9, 18.
(7) Behar-ol-Anwar vol.2 page 277-78 and 280 hadith 2


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