Islam effaces all previous (sins) and so do pilgrimage and migration

 Ibn Shumash Al-Mahri reported: We went to ´Amr bin Al, and he was dying. He wept for a long time and turned his face towards the wall. His son said: ´´O father! Did not the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam give you tidings with such and such? Did not the Messenger of Allah give you tidings of such and such?´´ He turned his face (towards the audience) and said: ´´The best thing which we can count upon is the Testimony that there is no true God but Allah, and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah. Verily, I have passed through three phases: (The first was one) in which no one hated the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam move than me,

nor was there anyone more eager than me in getting the better of him. Had I died in this state, I should have been one of the dwellers of Fire.

When Allah instilled the love of Islam in my heart, I came to the Prophet salla alayhi wa sallam and said: ´Sutretch out your right hand so that I may give my pledge of loyalty to you,´ He stretched out his right hand. I withdrew my hand. He said: ´What has happened to you,  O´Amr?´ I replied: ´I intened to lay down a condition.´ He asked: ´What condition do you intened to put forward?´

I said:

´To be forgiven.´ He said: ´Do you not know that Islam wipes out all the previous sins, and Hijrah (migration) wipes out all the previous sins, and the Hajj (pilgrimage) wipes out all the previous sins.´ After that there was no one dearer to me than the Messenger of Allah salla alayhi wa sallam nor was any one more reverend in my eye than him. Never could I pluck up courage to catch a full glimpse of his face due to its spendor.

Nor could I afford to look at him for lond out of reverence I have for him. If I am asked to decribe him, I would never be able to do so, because I did not have enough of him. If I die in this condition, I would hope to be among the dwellers of Jannah. Then we were responsible for certain things which I do not know what would happen to me. What I die, let neither female mourner nor fire accompany me. When you bury me, fill my grave well with earth, then stand around for a period of time which takes to slaughter a camel and distribute its meat so that I enjoy your company, and to see what will I answer the Messengers (angels) of my Rubb (Lord).´´

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