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A Muslim is not Field Responsible for His Acts of the Time of Ignorance (Pre-Islamic Paganism)

alkafi-3043Vol. 2, p. 461

إِنَّ نَاساً أَتَوْا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ص بَعْدَ مَا أَسْلَمُوا فَقَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَ يُؤْخَذُ الرَّجُلُ مِنَّا بِمَا كَانَ عَمِلَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ بَعْدَ إِسْلَامِهِ فَقَالَ لَهُمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ص مَنْ حَسُنَ إِسْلَامُهُ وَ صَحَّ يَقِينُ إِيمَانِهِ لَمْ يُؤَاخِذْهُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَ تَعَالَى بِمَا عَمِلَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَ مَنْ سَخُفَ إِسْلَامُهُ وَ لَمْ يَصِحَّ يَقِينُ إِيمَانِهِ أَخَذَهُ اللَّه

“Certain people came to the Messenger of Allah after accepting Islam and said, ‘O Messenger of Allah, will any of us, after accepting Islam, be held responsible for what he had done in the time of ignorance?’ The Messenger of Allah said, ‘Whoever is good in his Islam and corrects the certainty of his belief is not held

alkafi-3044Vol. 2, p. 461

سَأَلْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع- عَنِ الرَّجُلِ يُحْسِنُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أَ يُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا عَمِلَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ص مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ يُؤَاخَذْ بِمَا عَمِلَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَ مَنْ أَسَاءَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أُخِذَ بِالْأَوَّلِ وَ الْآخِرِ.

“Once I asked Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) ‘Will a man who is good in Islam be held responsible for his deeds in the time of ignorance?’ The Imam said, ‘The Holy Prophet has said, “Whoever is good in Islam will not be held responsible for his deeds in the times of ignorance and anyone who is not good in Islam will be held resp

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