What were people before the Prophet's mission ﷺ from ignorance a...

Muḥammad b. Yūsuf > Sufyān > al-Aʿmash > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

A man said, "O Messenger of Allah, will a person be held accountable for what they did in pre-Islamic times?" He replied, "Whoever does good in Islam will not be held accountable for what they did in pre-Islamic times, and whoever does evil in Islam will be held accountable for both the past and present." – Sound Chain

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُؤَاخَذُ الرَّجُلُ بِمَا عَمِلَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ؟ قَالَ «مَنْ أَحْسَنَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ لَمْ يُؤَاخَذْ بِمَا كَانَ عَمِلَ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَمَنْ أَسَاءَ فِي الْإِسْلَامِ أُخِذَ بِالْأَوَّلِ وَالْآخِرِ» – إسناده صحيح

al-Walīd b. al-Naḍr al-Ramlī > Masarrah b. Maʿbad from Banī al-Ḥārith b. Abū al-Ḥarām from Lakhm > al-Waḍīn

A man came to the Prophet ﷺ and said, "O Messenger of Allah, we were people of ignorance and worshipped idols. We used to kill our children. I had a daughter whom I loved dearly, and she was happy whenever I called her. One day, I called her and she followed me. I continued walking until we reached a well not far from my family's home. I took her by the hand and pushed her into the well. Before I did this, I made her promise to say, 'O my father! O my father!' The Prophet ﷺ then cried until his tears stopped. One of the companions of the Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'Did you sadden the Messenger of Allah?' He replied, 'Stop, for he is asking about what concerns him.' Then he said to the man, 'Repeat what you just said.' The man repeated his story, and the Prophet ﷺ cried again until his tears soaked his beard. Then he said to him, 'Verily, Allah has forgiven the people of ignorance for what they have done, so resume your actions accordingly.'" – Weak Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا الْوَلِيدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الرَّمْلِيُّ عَنْ مَسَرَّةَ بْنِ مَعْبَدٍ مِنْ بَنِي الْحَارِثِ بْنِ أَبِي الْحَرَامِ مِنْ لَخْمٍ عَنِ الْوَضِينِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا أَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّا كُنَّا أَهْلَ جَاهِلِيَّةٍ وَعِبَادَةِ أَوْثَانٍ فَكُنَّا نَقْتُلُ الْأَوْلَادَ وَكَانَتْ عِنْدِي بِنْتٌ لِي فَلَمَّا أَجَابَتْ وَكَانَتْ مَسْرُورَةً بِدُعَائِي إِذَا دَعَوْتُهَا فَدَعَوْتُهَا يَوْمًا فَاتَّبَعَتْنِي فَمَرَرْتُ حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ بِئْرًا مِنْ أَهْلِي غَيْرَ بَعِيدٍ فَأَخَذْتُ بِيَدِهَا فَرَدَّيْتُ بِهَا فِي الْبِئْرِ وَكَانَ آخِرَ عَهْدِي بِهَا أَنْ تَقُولَ يَا أَبَتَاهُ يَا أَبَتَاهُ فَبَكَى رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ حَتَّى وَكَفَ دَمْعُ عَيْنَيْهِ فَقَالَ لَهُ رَجُلٌ مِنْ جُلَسَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَحْزَنْتَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ لَهُ «كُفَّ فَإِنَّهُ يَسْأَلُ عَمَّا أَهَمَّهُ» ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ أَعِدْ عَلَيَّ حَدِيثَكَ فَأَعَادَهُ فَبَكَى حَتَّى وَكَفَ الدَّمْعُ مِنْ عَيْنَيْهِ عَلَى لِحْيَتِهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ لَهُ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ قَدْ وَضَعَ عَنِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ مَا عَمِلُوا فَاسْتَأْنِفْ عَمَلَكَ» – إسناده ضعيف

Hārūn b. Muʿāwiyah > Ibrāhīm b. Sulaymān al-Muʾaddib > al-Aʿmash > Mujāhid > Mwlāy

His family sent him with a cup containing butter and milk to their gods. So he asked himself: What prevents me from eating the butter due to fear of its harm? Then a dog came and ate the butter and drank the milk. After that, the man excreted on the idol while the dog was watching. Harun said: In the pre-Islamic era, when a man traveled, he would carry with him four stones. Three for his need and the fourth, he would worship and raise his dog, and he would kill his child. – Good Chain

أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ سُلَيْمَانَ الْمُؤَدِّبِ عَنِ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي موْلَايَ

أَنَّ أَهْلَهُ بَعَثُوا مَعَهُ بِقَدَحٍ فِيهِ زُبْدٌ وَلَبَنٌ إِلَى آلِهَتِهِمْ قالَ فَمَنَعَنِي أَنْ آكُلَ الزُّبْدَ لِمَخَافَتِهَا قَالَ فَجَاءَ كَلْبٌ فَأَكَلَ الزُّبْدَ وَشَرِبَ اللَّبَنَ ثُمَّ بَالَ عَلَى الصَّنَمِ وَهُوَ إِسَافٌ وَنَائِلَةُ قَالَ هَارُونُ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ فِي الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ إِذَا سَافَرَ حَمَلَ مَعَهُ أَرْبَعَةَ أَحْجَارٍ ثَلَاثَةٌ لِقِدْرِهِ وَالرَّابِعُ يَعْبُدُهُ وَيُرَبِّي كَلْبَهُ وَيَقْتُلُ وَلَدَهُ – إسناده حسن