Forgiveness for All Previous Sins
When someone converts to Islam, God forgives all of his previous
sins and evil deeds. A man called Amr came to the Prophet Muhammad,
may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him, and said, «Give me
your right hand so that I may give you my pledge of loyalty.» The
Prophet stretched out his right hand. Amr withdrew his hand. The
Prophet said: «What has happened to
you, O Amr?» He replied, «I intend to lay down a condition.»
The Prophet asked: «What condition do
you intend to put forward?» Amr said, «That God forgive my
sins.» The Prophet, may the mercy and blessings of God be upon him,
said: «Didn't you know that converting
to Islam erases all previous sins?»[1]
After converting to Islam, the person will be rewarded for his or
her good and bad deeds according to the following saying of the
Prophet Muhammad: «Your Lord, Who is
blessed and exalted, is most merciful. If someone intends to do a
good deed but does not do it, a good deed will be recorded for him.
And if he does do it, (a reward of) ten to seven hundred or many
more times (the reward of the good deed), will be recorded for him.
And if someone intends to do a bad deed but does not do it, a good
deed will be recorded for him. And if he does do it, a bad deed
will be recorded against him or God will wipe it out.»[2]
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Footnotes:
[1] Narrated in Saheeh Muslim,
#121, and Mosnad Ahmad, #17357.
[2] Narrated in Mosnad Ahmad,
#2515, and Saheeh Muslim, #131.
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