Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ حَدَّثَنَا الْأَعْمَشُ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ رَجُلٌ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَا أَحْسَنْتُ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا عَمِلْتُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَقَالَ إِذَا أَحْسَنْتَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ تُؤَاخَذْ بِمَا عَمِلْتَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَإِذَا أَسَأْتَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أُخِذْتَ بِالْأَوَّلِ وَالْآخِرِ.
English Translation
Abu Mu'awiyah told us: al-A'mash told us, from Shaqiq, from Abdullah, who said: "A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and said: 'O Messenger of Allah, if I do good in Islam, will I be held accountable for what I did in the pre-Islamic era of ignorance?' He said: 'If you do good in Islam, you will not be held accountable for what you did in the pre-Islamic era; and if you do evil in Islam, you will be held accountable for the former and the latter.'"