Darussalam · Volume 5
37. The ChaptersOn AsceticismSunan Ibn Majah Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 4242 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 1417
Source no. 4242 · Volume 9 · Page 242
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4242. It was narrated that 'Abdullâh said: "We said: 'O Messenger of Allâh, will we be taken to task for what we did in the Ignorance period?' The Messenger of Allâh ﷺ said: 'Whoever does good in Islâm (i.e., after becoming a Muslim) he will not be taken to task for what he did in the Ignorance period, but whoever does evil (i.e., after entering Islâm) he will be taken to task for both the former and the latter.'" (Sahih)
4242 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، وَأَبِي، عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ شَقِيقٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ: قُلْنَا: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا كُنَّا نَعْمَلُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ، لَمْ يُؤَاخَذْ بِمَا كَانَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ، وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ، أُخِذَ بِالْأَوَّلِ وَالْآخِرِ»
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a. The Prophet ﷺ, said: "Islam wipes out all the previous misdeeds." (Sahih Muslim: 121). Whoever embraces Islam sincerely, all the sins he had committed while he was a disbeliever are forgiven. b. After embracing Islam, if a person commits sins due to his nature, he will not be questioned about his previous sins that he had committed while he was not a Muslim. A Muslim, if he commits major sins, he does not become disbeliever as the Prophet ﷺ performed the funeral prayer and supplicated for the forgiveness of the Companions who committed major sins and received the prescribed punishment.