If one apostatizes from the religion of Islam and then repents, is his work nullified?

Question:
If one apostatizes from the religion of Islam and then repents, is his work that he did before the apostasy nullified? And what is the evidence for that?

Answer:
It is correct that it is not nullified, according to the scholars who say it is not nullified. Therefore, if one performed Hajj and then apostatized, they said he must repeat the Hajj. That is, if he performed the Hajj of Islam and then apostatized and then repented, they said he must repeat the Hajj because the first Hajj became invalid. However, the correct view is that he does not repeat it; his Hajj is valid. This is because Allah, Glorified and Exalted is He, says: So those are the ones whose deeds have been nullified. This indicates that the one who dies repentant does not have his deeds nullified. And in the hadith, when a man asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) whether his good deeds from before he embraced Islam would benefit him, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "You have embraced Islam with the good you did before. You have embraced Islam with the good you did before." This indicates that previous deeds, if a person repents and they are good, are counted for him with Allah, the Exalted. This is the correct view, if Allah wills.
For this reason, Ibn Hajar says in *Nukhbat al-Fikr* (The Essence of Thought): When a Companion is identified, he is the one who met the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) while believing in him and died upon that, even if apostasy intervened, according to the most correct view. That is, according to the most correct of the scholars' opinions, based on this verse. And this is the school of al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him). Yes.