著者

服部 美奈 Mina Hattori

雑誌

岐阜聖徳学園大学紀要. 教育学部外国語学部 = The annals of Gifu Shotoku Gakuen University. Faculty of Education Faculty of Foreign Languages (ISSN:09160175)

巻号頁・発行日

vol.38, pp.51-66, 1999-09-30

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The purpose of this paper is to analyse the Islamic view on newborn infants in relation to the concept of fitrah. In Islam, all newborn infants are born with a fitrah, which means one's possibilities and basi abilities. In particular, the fitrah of faith and that of God's nature are emphasezed. Newborn infants are considered to have a fitrah of faith in Allah and to be pure in nature, because every human being makes a promise to Allah before their birth Allah breathes His spirit into them. Additionally, some rituals--for example, Adzan and Qamat, and 'Aqiqah--are carried out to develop fitrah.