The article focuses on a hadith of the Prophet (peace be upon him) which explains that fitrah (pure nature) can discriminate between what is good and what is evil.
The fitrah of something is its nature, instinct, constitution, or disposition. The triliteral root that fitrah derives fromā ŁŲ·Ų± āmeans to split (and by extension, to emerge). Thus, breaking one's fast is called fitr because the mouth is opened for food.
It translates to 'natural predisposition', the natural nature with which each person is born. You know that feeling you get when you see something immoral? That is because of your natural nature.
This word (fitrah) was also mentioned in the hadeeth narrated by Abu Hurayrah who said: The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: Five things are part of the fitrah: removing the pubic hair, circumcision, trimming the moustache, plucking the armpit hairs, and trimming the nails.
The word Fitrah has various meanings. In the Hadith you mention, Fitrah means such a natural disposition in which is vested the quality of accepting the trust. Thus, if the child had to grow up with no outside influence whatsoever, naturally, the person would turn towards the worship of one Allah.
The DefĀiĀnĀiĀtion of Fitrah. MusĀlims believe that God gave mankind an inborn natĀurĀal preĀdisĀpoĀsiĀtion which canĀnot change and which exists at birth in all human beings, the reliĀgio natĀuĀralis.This is called in AraĀbic as " fitrah" (instinct). This " fitrah" is the small voice inside each one of us which tells us " this does not feel right."
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