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Sahih Muslim 120b (Book 1, Hadith 226) #7491
Responsibility for Actions Before and After Accepting Islam

SUMMARY: People who do good deeds in Islam will not be held responsible for their actions before they accepted Islam, but those who commit evil after accepting Islam will be held responsible for their past and present actions.

It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud: We once said: Messenger of Allah, would we be held responsible for our deeds committed in the state of ignorance? He (the Holy Prophet) observed: He who did good deeds in Islam would not be held responsible for what he did in the state of ignorance, but he who committed evil (after having come within the fold of Islam) would be held responsible for his previous and later deeds.
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ نُمَيْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي وَوَكِيعٌ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، - وَاللَّفْظُ لَهُ - حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا عَمِلْنَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ لَمْ يُؤَاخَذْ بِمَا عَمِلَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ ‏.‏ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فِي الإِسْلاَمِ أُخِذَ بِالأَوَّلِ وَالآخِرِ

TOPICS
ignorance  *  deeds  *  responsibility  *  accountability

QUICK LESSONS:
Strive to do good even if you have done wrong things in the past . Take responsibility for your own action no matter what stage of life you are at .

EXPLANATIONS:
This hadith is about the responsibility of a person's actions before and after accepting Islam. It is narrated on the authority of Abdullah b. Mas'ud that they once asked the Prophet Muhammad if people would be held accountable for their deeds committed in ignorance or before they accepted Islam. The Prophet replied that those who did good deeds in Islam would not be held responsible for what they did in ignorance but those who committed evil after accepting Islam would be held accountable for both their previous and later deeds. This hadith teaches us that we should strive to do good even if we have done wrong things in the past because our future actions can still make up for them as long as we accept our mistakes and try to improve ourselves by doing better going forward. It also reminds us to take responsibility for our own actions no matter what stage of life we are at so that we can become better people overall.

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