Arabic (Original)
حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ أَخْبَرَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ ابْنِ شِمَاسَةَ أَنَّ عَمْرَو بْنَ الْعَاصِ قَالَ لَمَّا أَلْقَى اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي قَلْبِي الْإِسْلَامَ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لِيُبَايِعَنِي فَبَسَطَ يَدَهُ إِلَيَّ فَقُلْتُ لَا أُبَايِعُكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ حَتَّى تَغْفِرَ لِي مَا تَقَدَّمَ مِنْ ذَنْبِي قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا عَمْرُو أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْهِجْرَةَ تَجُبُّ مَا قَبْلَهَا مِنْ الذُّنُوبِ يَا عَمْرُو أَمَا عَلِمْتَ أَنَّ الْإِسْلَامَ يَجُبُّ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَهُ مِنْ الذُّنُوبِ.
English Translation
Yahya ibn Ishaq narrated to us: Layth ibn Sa'd informed us, from Yazid ibn Abi Habib, from Ibn Shimasah, that Amr ibn al-'As said: When Allah, Mighty and Sublime, cast Islam into my heart, I came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, so that he might accept my pledge of allegiance. He extended his hand to me, and I said: 'I will not pledge allegiance to you, O Messenger of Allah, until you forgive me my past sins.' He said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said to me: 'O Amr, do you not know that emigration wipes out the sins that came before it? O Amr, do you not know that Islam wipes out the sins that came before it?'