Holy Prophet's Kindness to Children — Page 54
54 He continued, ‘If a man commits a sin, punishment of that sin should be given to him alone and to no one else. This is the fundamental principle of justice. According to Islam, therefore, every child is born sinless, as the sin of one person cannot be passed on to any one else. It is his environment, the ideas and beliefs of his parents and the training he receives from them subsequently that make him good or bad. ’ Hamzah was sitting next to him. He added, ‘The Holy Prophet of Islam s as is reported to have said, “Every child is born in harmony with nature. It is his parents who turn him into a Jew, a fire-worshipper or a Christian. ”’ He said that we should be grateful to the Holy Prophet s as of Islam as he had removed the stigma of sin from every new-born and declared that every child that comes into this world is sinless and innocent.