"O my father! O my father!" The Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) wept until tears flowed from his eyes, and a man from among those sitting with the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) said to him, "You have saddened the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam)." He replied, "Stop, for he is being asked about what concerns him." Then he said to him, "Repeat your story to me," so he repeated it, and he wept until tears flowed from his eyes onto his beard. Then he said to him, "Indeed, Allāh has pardoned what was done in the times of ignorance, so begin anew with your deeds." This is supported by the ḥadīth of Ibn Masʿūd mentioned later: *******

"Whoever does good in Islam will not be held accountable for what they did in the pre-Islamic period, but whoever does evil in Islam will be held accountable for both the former and the latter." It was recorded by al-Bukhārī (6921), Muslim (1/77-78), Abū ʿAwānah (1/71), al-Dārimī (1/3), Ibn Mājah (4242), al-Ṭaḥāwī in "Mushkil al-Āthār" (1/211), al-Bayhaqī in "al-Sunan" (9/123) and "al-Shuʿab" (1/57/23), ʿAbd al-Razzāq in "al-Muṣannaf" (10/454/19686), and Aḥmad (1/409 and 431) from the path of Manṣūr and al-Aʿmash from Abū Wāʾil from Ibn Masʿūd (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhu) who said: A man said, "O Messenger of Allāh! Will we be held accountable for what we did in the pre-Islamic period?" He said: ... and he mentioned it. *******

"Yes, do good deeds and abandon bad deeds, and Allāh will make all of them good deeds for you." It was recorded by al-Bazzār in "Musnad" (4/79-80/3244 - Kashf al-Astār), and Ibn Abī ʿĀṣim in "al-Āḥād wa-al-Mathānī" (5/188-189/2718), and through his path by Ibn al-Athīr in