Hadith 691
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1. We were told by my father, may Allah grant him mercy, that he said: We were told by Ali bin Ibrahim bin Hashim, from his father, from Muhammed bin Abi ‘Umayr, from Umar bin Udhayna, from Zurara, that he said
I asked Abu Ja’far, peace be upon him, about the saying of Allah, Exalted and Glorious is He: «Turning (in orthodoxy) to Allah, not associating (anything) with Him» (22:31) and I said: What is orthodoxy? He said: It is innateness.
حدثنا أبي - رحمه الله - قال حدثنا علي بن إبراهيم بن هاشم، عن أبيه، عن محمد بن أبي عمير، عن عمر بن أذينة، عن زرارة قال
سألت أبا جعفر عليه السلام عن قول الله عز وجل " حنفاء لله غير مشركين به " وقلت: ما الحنفية؟ قال: هي الفطرة.