Is it permissible to say that children are the beloved of Allah?
The phrase "child martyr of Paradise" should not be used, as there is no supporting text from the Qur’an or Sunnah, nor any statement from the righteous predecessors. A child is born upon fitra (primordial nature), but this fitra may be altered, as stated in the Hadith: "Every child is born upon fitra; it is his parents who make him a Jew, a Christian, or a Magian." This is further supported by the story of Al-Khidr killing the boy, fearing he would burden his parents with rebellion and disbelief, for the boy would have been a disbeliever had he lived.
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