Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ الْحَذَّاءُ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ أَبِي عَمَّارٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَقُولُ فِي أَوْلَادِ الْمُشْرِكِينَ هُمْ مِنْهُمْ فَحَدَّثَنِي رَجُلٌ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَقِيتُهُ فَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَالَ رَبُّهُمْ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ هُوَ خَلَقَهُمْ وَهُوَ أَعْلَمُ بِهِمْ وَبِمَا كَانُوا عَامِلِينَ.
English Translation
Isma'il ibn Ibrahim narrated to us, Khalid al-Hadhdha' narrated to us, from Ammar ibn Abi Ammar, from Ibn Abbas, who said: I used to say regarding the children of polytheists that they are of them; then a man narrated to me from a man among the Companions of the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him — and I met him — and he narrated to me from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, that he said: Their Lord knows them best; He created them, and He knows best about them and what they would have done.