{"id":18542,"date":"2022-07-03T16:59:38","date_gmt":"2022-07-03T21:59:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/?p=18542"},"modified":"2024-08-29T11:47:25","modified_gmt":"2024-08-29T16:47:25","slug":"do-muslims-believe-in-the-concept-of-original-sin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/do-muslims-believe-in-the-concept-of-original-sin\/","title":{"rendered":"Do Muslims Believe in the Concept of Original Sin?"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>Muslims do not believe in the concept of original sin. Muslims don\u2019t believe that a baby who has never done anything bad in their life is born with sins. And even if a baby\/kid did do something bad, it wouldn\u2019t count as a sin since they haven\u2019t reached an age of maturity yet. Muslims believe that everyone is born sinless, but without a doubt, each human will make mistakes as they grow older. This is why the Prophet Muhammad (Peace and Blessings be upon him) said, &#8220;Every son of Adam commits sin, and the best of those who commit sin are those who repent&#8221; (Sunan Ibn Majah 4251).<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>And Allah Knows best.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muslims do not believe in the concept of original sin. Muslims don\u2019t believe that a baby who has never done anything bad in their life is born with sins. And even if a baby\/kid did do something bad, it wouldn\u2019t count as a sin since they haven\u2019t reached an age of maturity yet. Muslims believe &#8230; <a title=\"Do Muslims Believe in the Concept of Original Sin?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/do-muslims-believe-in-the-concept-of-original-sin\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Do Muslims Believe in the Concept of Original Sin?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[119,95],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18542","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-misconceptions","category-responses-to-allegations"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false,"gform-image-choice-sm":false,"gform-image-choice-md":false,"gform-image-choice-lg":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Ask A Muslim","author_link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/author\/fulan\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"Muslims do not believe in the concept of original sin. Muslims don\u2019t believe that a baby who has never done anything bad in their life is born with sins. And even if a baby\/kid did do something bad, it wouldn\u2019t count as a sin since they haven\u2019t reached an age of maturity yet. Muslims believe&hellip;","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pcT0IL-4P4","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":9268,"url":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/salvation-in-islam\/","url_meta":{"origin":18542,"position":0},"title":"Salvation in Islam","author":"Site Admin","date":"06\/26\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"(part 1 of 3): What is Salvation? Islam teaches us that salvation is attainable through the worship of God alone. A person must believe in God and follow His commandments. This is the same message taught by all the Prophets including Moses and Jesus. 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Despair not of the Mercy of God: verily, God forgives all sins. Truly He is Oft-Forgiving, Most Merciful.\u201d (Quran 39:53) God did not create humankind for any purpose other than to worship Him. However being human\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Doctrine and Sects&quot;","block_context":{"text":"Doctrine and Sects","link":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/en\/category\/doctrine-and-sects\/"},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":8548,"url":"https:\/\/www.ask-a-muslim.com\/de\/erbsuende-2\/","url_meta":{"origin":18542,"position":4},"title":"Erbs\u00fcnde","author":"Site Admin","date":"06\/20\/2020","format":false,"excerpt":"Erbs\u00fcnde [Deutsch - German - German] Laurence B. Brown, MD \u00dcbersetzer: Eine Gruppe von \u00dcbersetzern 1435 - 2014 original sin \u00abin German\u00bb d. Lawrence Brown translation: a group of translators 1435 - 2014 \u00a0 Beschreibung: Das Konzept der Erbs\u00fcnde im Judentum, Christentum und Islam. 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