حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا وَکِيعٌ وَأَبِي عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا کُنَّا نَعْمَلُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ يُؤَاخَذْ بِمَا کَانَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَمَنْ أَسَائَ أُخِذَ بِالْأَوَّلِ وَالْآخِرِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 4242
It was narrated that 'Abdullah said: "We said: '0 Messenger of Allah, will we be taken to task for what we did in the Ignorance period?' The Messenger of Allah P.B.U.H said: 'Whoever does good in Islam (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 Islam) he will be taken to task for both the former and the latter.(Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020