What is the ruling on the repentant person saying: “In the days of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, I used to do such and such”?
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Question:
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I sometimes hear some of the upright people say, “In the days of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, I used to do such and such.” Is it permissible to attribute this action to the days of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance?
Answer:
As for him, meaning, if he said, “In my pre-Islamic age of ignorance, I used to do such and such,”
May Allah reward you, Honorable Shaykh. This questioner says: I sometimes hear some of the upright people say, “In the days of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance, I used to do such and such.” Is it permissible to attribute this action to the days of the pre-Islamic age of ignorance?
Answer:
As for him, meaning, if he said, “In my pre-Islamic age of ignorance, I used to do such and such,”
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، [139 -858] ما حكم قول التائب: كنت في أيام الجاهلية أفعل كذا وكذا؟ - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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