The Nature
فَأَقِمْ وَجْهَكَ لِلدِّينِ حَنِيفًا ۚ فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْهَا ۚ لَا تَبْدِيلَ لِخَلْقِ اللَّهِ ۚ ذَٰلِكَ الدِّينُ الْقَيِّمُ وَلَٰكِنَّ أَكْثَرَ النَّاسِ لَا يَعْلَمُونَ {30}
Then set your face for the upright Religion – the nature of Allah which He has Natured the people upon. There is no change to Allah’s creation. That is the Religion of the Custodian, but most people do not know [30:30]
وعنه: عن علي بن إبراهيم، عن محمد بن عيسى، عن يونس، عن عبد الله بن سنان، عن أبي عبد الله (عليه السلام)، قال: سألته عن قول الله عز و جل: فِطْرَتَ اللَّهِ الَّتِي فَطَرَ النَّاسَ عَلَيْها، ما تلك الفطرة؟
And from him, from Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
‘I asked Abu Abdullah-asws about the Words of Allah-azwj Mighty and Majestic: the nature of Allah which He has Natured the people upon [30:30], what is that ‘الفطرة’ the nature?’
قال: «هي الإسلام، فطرهم الله حين أخذ ميثاقهم على التوحيد، قال: أَ لَسْتُ بِرَبِّكُمْ؟ قالوا: بلى، و فيه المؤمن و الكافر
‘He-asws said: ‘It is Al-Islam. Allah-azwj Natured them when He-azwj Took their Covenant upon the ‘Tawheed’, Said: “Am I not your Lord?” They said, ‘Yes, we testify’ [7:172], and among them was the Momin and the Kafir (as well)’’.[1]
Also to be paid on the obligatory Zakat payable on the 1st Shawwal
عَلِيُّ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى بْنِ عُبَيْدٍ عَنْ يُونُسَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ سِنَانٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ( عليه السلام ) قَالَ كُلُّ مَنْ ضَمَمْتَ إِلَى عِيَالِكَ مِنْ حُرٍّ أَوْ مَمْلُوكٍ فَعَلَيْكَ أَنْ تُؤَدِّيَ الْفِطْرَةَ عَنْهُ قَالَ وَ إِعْطَاءُ الْفِطْرَةِ قَبْلَ الصَّلَاةِ أَفْضَلُ وَ بَعْدَ الصَّلَاةِ صَدَقَةٌ
Ali Bin Ibrahim, from Muhammad Bin Isa Bin beyd, from Yunus, from Abdullah Bin Sinan,
(It has been narrated) from Abu Abdullah-asws having said: ‘Every one you include into your dependents, be it from the free ones or slaves, so upon you is that you pay the Fitra on their behalf’. He-asws said: ‘And giving the Fitra before the Prayer is superior, and after the Prayer is (counted as) charity’.[2]
[1] الكافي 2: 10/ 2
[2] Al Kafi – V 4 – The Book of Fasts Ch 75 H 1