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سلسله احاديث صحيحه
Silsilah Sahihah
الايمان والتوحيد والدين والقدرBook of Faith, Monotheism, Religion, and Divine Decree
If a Muslim becomes apostate after Hajj and returns, is his Hajj valid?
Hadith 48
اُردوEn
- " أسلمت على ما أسلفت من خير ".
Sayyiduna Hakim bin Hizam (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "You have accepted Islam along with all the good deeds you have done before."
Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Mahfooz Ahmad
Benefits:
Hakeem bin Hizam was a disbeliever; when he accepted Islam, the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave him the glad tidings that the good deeds he performed in the state of disbelief had also been preserved for him.
Imam al-Albani rahimahullah writes: In light of this hadith, it is established that when a disbeliever or an apostate accepts Islam, the good deeds performed in their previous lives are also stored up for them. If a person, after performing Hajj in the state of Islam, becomes an apostate and then returns to Islam, his Hajj is saved from being nullified. However, when a disbeliever performs Hajj in the state of disbelief and then embraces Islam, that Hajj does not suffice for him, because his Hajj was not performed according to the rulings of Islamic law, as the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
«مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُنَا فَهُوَ رَدٌ» “Whoever does an action that is not in accordance with our matter (religion), it is rejected.”
Those who claim that the Hajj of an apostate is nullified should also consider his marriage, his three divorces, his transactions of buying and selling, and his gifts as void and invalid, because all these were concluded according to Islamic rulings. However, none of them hold these matters to be invalid, so it is clear that their statement regarding Hajj is unsound.
After this discussion, we would like to draw your attention to the following hadith:
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مُؤْمِنًا حَسَنَتَهُ يُعْطى بِهَا، وَفِي رَوَايَة: يُثَابُ عَلَيْهَا الرِزْقُ فِى الدُّنْيَا، وَيَجْزِى بِهَا الآخِرَةِ، وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَيُطْعِمُ بِحَسَنَاتِ مَا عَمِلَ بِهَا لِلَّهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، حَتَّى إِذَا أَفْضَى إِلَى الآخِرَةِ، لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ يُجْزَى بِهَا .» [صحيحه: 53]
“Allah Almighty does not wrong the believer regarding his good deed; due to that good deed, he is granted provision in this world and is rewarded in the Hereafter. But the disbeliever is given the reward for his good deeds in this world, so that when he reaches the Hereafter, he has no good deed left for which he could be rewarded.”
In this blessed hadith, the mention is of that disbeliever who, according to Allah’s knowledge, is to die as a disbeliever, because this indication is present in the same hadith, as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
“So that when that disbeliever reaches the Hereafter, he has no good deed left for which he could be rewarded.”
As for the case of that disbeliever who is to die as a believer after accepting Islam, his good deeds performed in the state of disbelief are not lost, and he will be rewarded for them in the Hereafter, as is known from various ahadith. [صحيحه: 248]
Hakeem bin Hizam was a disbeliever; when he accepted Islam, the Noble Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam gave him the glad tidings that the good deeds he performed in the state of disbelief had also been preserved for him.
Imam al-Albani rahimahullah writes: In light of this hadith, it is established that when a disbeliever or an apostate accepts Islam, the good deeds performed in their previous lives are also stored up for them. If a person, after performing Hajj in the state of Islam, becomes an apostate and then returns to Islam, his Hajj is saved from being nullified. However, when a disbeliever performs Hajj in the state of disbelief and then embraces Islam, that Hajj does not suffice for him, because his Hajj was not performed according to the rulings of Islamic law, as the Messenger of Allah sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
«مَنْ عَمِلَ عَمَلًا لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ أَمْرُنَا فَهُوَ رَدٌ» “Whoever does an action that is not in accordance with our matter (religion), it is rejected.”
Those who claim that the Hajj of an apostate is nullified should also consider his marriage, his three divorces, his transactions of buying and selling, and his gifts as void and invalid, because all these were concluded according to Islamic rulings. However, none of them hold these matters to be invalid, so it is clear that their statement regarding Hajj is unsound.
After this discussion, we would like to draw your attention to the following hadith:
«إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَظْلِمُ مُؤْمِنًا حَسَنَتَهُ يُعْطى بِهَا، وَفِي رَوَايَة: يُثَابُ عَلَيْهَا الرِزْقُ فِى الدُّنْيَا، وَيَجْزِى بِهَا الآخِرَةِ، وَأَمَّا الْكَافِرُ فَيُطْعِمُ بِحَسَنَاتِ مَا عَمِلَ بِهَا لِلَّهِ فِي الدُّنْيَا، حَتَّى إِذَا أَفْضَى إِلَى الآخِرَةِ، لَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ حَسَنَةٌ يُجْزَى بِهَا .» [صحيحه: 53]
“Allah Almighty does not wrong the believer regarding his good deed; due to that good deed, he is granted provision in this world and is rewarded in the Hereafter. But the disbeliever is given the reward for his good deeds in this world, so that when he reaches the Hereafter, he has no good deed left for which he could be rewarded.”
In this blessed hadith, the mention is of that disbeliever who, according to Allah’s knowledge, is to die as a disbeliever, because this indication is present in the same hadith, as the Prophet sallallahu alayhi wa sallam said:
“So that when that disbeliever reaches the Hereafter, he has no good deed left for which he could be rewarded.”
As for the case of that disbeliever who is to die as a believer after accepting Islam, his good deeds performed in the state of disbelief are not lost, and he will be rewarded for them in the Hereafter, as is known from various ahadith. [صحيحه: 248]
Source: Silsilah Ahadith Sahihah: Commentary by Muhammad Mahfooz Ahmad, Page: 48
