Hadith #39
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى عَنْ سُفْيَانَ حَدَّثَنَا مَنْصُورٌ وَسُلَيْمَانُ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ
رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنُؤَاخَذُ بِمَا عَمِلْنَا فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ قَالَ إِنْ أَحْسَنْتَ لَمْ تُؤَاخَذْ وَإِنْ أَسَأْتَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أُخِذْتَ بِالْأَوَّلِ وَالْآخِرِ
English Translation
It was narrated from 'Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) — via Yahya, from Sufyan, from Mansur and Sulayman, from Abi Wa'il — that a man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, will we be held accountable for what we did in the age of ignorance [al-jahiliyya]?' He said: 'If you do good in Islam you will not be held accountable; and if you do evil in Islam, you will be held accountable for [both] the first and the last.'
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 12, Hadith 39
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 3877
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-40267